St. Louis Fed President James Bullard sat down today with steveliesman and SquawkCNBC to discuss possible rate hikes amid rising inflation. “I do think we need to front-load more of our planned removal of accommodation than we would have previously.”
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard made his case for a rapid move higher in interest rates, saying Monday that the central bank needs to react to accelerating inflation.
Along with that, markets are now tilting to a 50 basis point, or 0.5 percentage point, increase at the March meeting. While virtually all officials on the Federal Open Market Committee have expressed the desire to start raising rates in March, Bullard has been perhaps the most hawkish. Several other officials have said they think a quarter-point move at the upcoming meeting would suffice.
Even with strong inflation gains, real incomes have been mostly declining as inflation is outpacing the rise in average hourly earnings.
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