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