Fed's Jefferson: Right now the labor market is 'very strong' with demand high

• Important to get back to 2% inflation to allow sustained economic gains
• People do better when there are periods of low and sustained inflation
• Pandemic has had a substantial impact on labor supply

So far these are mundane comments but we'll update live.

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• "Under no illusion" that it will be easy to get inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Read this Term to 2%, it could take some time
• Currently inflation may be more persistent but we can't overreact to one data point
• Hard to understand the dynamic processes generating inflation

There's a dovish tinge to dismissing one inflation point but there's also resolve here and I don't think anyone is ruling out 6% rates.