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Published in TZ Latest News 19 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Fed’s Kocherlakota floats increase in U.S. inflation target

Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota, speaking at the Bank of Korea in Seoul, stopped short of advocating the move, saying that the Fed would need to weigh the benefits against costs including a possible hit to Fed credibility if it is seen as simply moving its own goal posts. Another dovish Fed policymaker, Boston Fed chief Eric Rosengren, has also recently raised the notion of boosting the Fed’s inflation target.