Fed's Poole says preemptive Fed action crucial

St Louis Federal Reserve President William Poole said on Tuesday the US central bank should monitor underlying causes of inflation such as money supply growth to help prevent price pressures from flaring up.

In a lecture at the City University Business School, Poole said that both expected and actual inflation rates were a poor guide for Fed policy since they may be slow to adjust and were in any case dependent on the central bank's own actions. "We need to concentrate on the underlying

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