Neel Kashkari, President of the Federal Reserve's Minneapolis branch is speaking. Its a 'town hall' event, Q&A with the audience.

Stay tuned, there are sure to be more comments following on his outlook for the economy and monetary policy.

Here we go:

  • says he supports a rate cut in order to re-anchor inflation expectations
  • quarter point cut would not be enough of a shock - perhaps need 50bp cut
  • says he again he wants no rate hikes until inflation strengthens
Neel Kashkari, President of the FederalReserve's Minneapolis branch isspeaking. Its a 'town hall' event, Q&A withthe audience.