Comments from the Philly Fed hawk:

  • Inflation has softened by weakness may be transitory
  • Sees US GDP growth a bit above 2% this year
  • Sees unemployment falling to 3.5% before edging higher
  • Q1 GDP was a 'pleasant surprise' but possible that weakness will show up in Q2
  • Says has not revised his medium term inflation forecast

Nothing new here from Harker.