Neel Kashkari, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speaks during an interview with Reuters in New York City, New York, U.S., May 22, 2023.
"It's certainly possible that higher long-term yields may do some of the work for us in terms of bringing inflation back down," Kashkari said in a town hall hosted by Minot State University.
"But if those higher long-term yields are higher because their expectations about what we're going to do has changed, then we might actually need to follow through in their expectations in order to maintain those yields."
Asked about the chances that inflation falls back to the Fed's 2% goal but the unemployment rate does not rise sharply -- the so-called soft landing for the economy -- Kashkari said it's looking "favorable."
Still, he cautioned, if the economy stays too strong, the Fed may need to raise rates further to slow it, risking a harder landing.
Persons:
Neel Kashkari, Mike Segar, Kashkari, It's, Ann Saphir, Leslie Adler, Jonathan Oatis
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