Currently a voting member but a dove

Fed's Kashkari is speaking on a panel at Winona State University's Town Hall Forum, in Minnesota and comments are starting to trickle in.

So far his comments are about the Fed staff, saying:

  • Trump is making thoughtful, reasonable appointments to Fed Board
  • He is positive about how Fed staffed and where it is heading.

Kashkari is a dove on the Fed board although he is likely to go along with a hike in December. He has said he would like the Fed to hold off on tightening until inflation was above 2% and that the hikes may have slowed the recovery.

So if comments do trickle in, don't expect them to be overly hawkish.

UPDATE:
True to form (and bias)

  • Sees no reason to tap the brakes on the economy
  • Sees no reason to raise rates when inflation continues to run low.