Comments from Dennis, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Says 'ups and downs' not a surprise in jobs data
- Favors July or September rate liftoff instead of June
- Maintains his view that growth will rebound in Q2
- The March jobs report is consistent with weak Q1 data
- Not ready yet to conclude a slowdown is underway
Lockhart speaks to Bloomberg in an interview
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Note, Lockhart is one those presidents more equal than the others .... he is a voter on the FOMC this year :-D