Dennis Lockhart
US may not experience fiscal stimulus – Atlanta Fed president
Lockhart says US economy has reached “transitional” juncture
Atlanta Fed president wants to ‘let the picture clarify’
Dennis Lockhart likens the UK’s vote to leave the EU to a storm that has “clouded the economic waters”; the Fed must be patient in the aftermath, he says
Fed presidents navigate ‘mixed signals’
Dennis Lockhart is putting more weight on positive employment picture than disappointing growth stats; both he and Robert Kaplan see potential for labour force to expand
Lockhart to watch inflation closely over the coming year
‘Mildly not wildly’: Atlanta Fed president remains optimistic for 2016 outlook, adding rate hikes not likely to occur at every meeting
Fed encouraged to act as FOMC members eye new data
Stanley Fischer reveals encouragement from emerging market officials to ‘just do it’ and raise rates; Dennis Lockhart singles out importance of consumer data in coming weeks
Lockhart still expects rate hike this year
Atlanta Fed president still expects Fed to start tightening ‘sometime’ this year but market expectations of a September hike have fallen
Lockhart says Fed liftoff is ‘close’
Atlanta Fed president highlights ‘cumulative evidence’ of economic recovery and says he is willing to sanction the first rate increase in the face of ‘mixed data’
Atlanta Fed president focused on consumer spending
Dennis Lockhart says evidence of an increase in consumer spending would give him more confidence that growth is back on track in the United States
Fed presidents still divided on timing of rate hike
Heads of the Federal Reserve Banks in Atlanta, Boston and Cleveland offer different takes on current economic conditions; all united in desire for more data
Lockhart backs ‘selective’ regulation of shadow banks
Atlanta Fed president argues for US authorities to ‘variably monitor and supervise’ all institutions with implications for financial stability, regardless of whether they are shadow banks
Lockhart needs higher wage growth and participation before raising rates
Atlanta Fed president says firmer wage growth and a higher participation rate are needed before the Federal Open Market Committee should raise interest rates
Fed's Lockhart 'comfortable' with rate liftoff next year
Atlanta Fed president also says weak governance was behind large number of bank failures in southeastern US following financial crisis
FOMC's Lockhart expects rate hike in second half of 2015
Atlanta Fed president believes QE will be 'completely phased out' by the end of 2014, but cautions it may take months to determine whether the US is on a 'sustained growth path'
FOMC member says 3% growth would prompt fed funds rate 'lift-off'
Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart advocates a 'dashboard' approach to forward guidance and says quantitative easing is tapering 'predictably'
Atlanta Fed president calls for QE caution
Dennis Lockhart urges the FOMC to scale back the Fed’s asset purchases in a flexible manner; believes any initial reduction should be seen as a ‘cautious first step’
Fed’s Lockhart advocates ‘wait and watch’ approach to asset purchases
Atlanta Fed president acknowledges risks surrounding ever more quantitative easing, but says purchases should not diminish until it is clear the economy has traction
Atlanta Fed president sees dangers in chasing vague labour market target
Dennis Lockhart says policy-makers should balance considerations of longer-term costs when targeting 'substantial improvement' in labour market outlook
Bernanke champions FOMC policy and Fed independence
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, gives his support to the ongoing accommodative policy of the FOMC; stresses importance of central bank independence
Atlanta Fed president weighs further policy action
Dennis Lockhart assesses need for additional monetary easing in the US; argues further stimulus likely to have limited effect and says current forecast 'untenable' if economy continues to deteriorate
Fed’s Lockhart discusses policy response to crisis
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta considers effectiveness of monetary response to the financial crisis; confirms QE3 is still a possibility
Lockhart admits Fed timescale for raising rates could change
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Dennis Lockhart says FOMC statement anticipating low federal funds rate levels until at least late 2014 was conditional on economic conditions