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title: "Federal Reserve’s James Bullard Cautions Central Bank Against Further Rate Hikes"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b6eac9bd-3a5a-444e-af96-07987de0c9a0
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/federal-reserves-james-bullard-cautions-central-bank-against-further-rate-hikes-2707651
category: "General"
published: 2018-08-24T19:14:18.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:31.254Z
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# Federal Reserve’s James Bullard Cautions Central Bank Against Further Rate Hikes

**TL;DR:** The Federal Reserve's James Bullard cautioned against further rate hikes, suggesting to stand pat and react to data as it comes in. The Fed has increased rates regularly since December 2015 to stave off inflation, which Bullard sees little threat of in the short term.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-24. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/federal-reserves-james-bullard-cautions-central-bank-against-further-rate-hikes-2707651).*

## Story

The Federal Reserve received some words of caution from within its own ranks on Friday, when the president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve recommended against the multiple rate hikes widely anticipated for later this year.

“If it was just me, I'd stand pat where we are and I'd try to react to data as it comes in,” Bullard said in an interview with CNBC.

The Fed has increased rates regularly since December 2015 in an effort to stave off inflation, which Bullard says there is little threat of in the short term.

"I just don't see much inflation pressure,” he said. “I'm an inflation hawk, but I just don't see that developing. ... I just don't think this is a situation where we have to be pre-emptive.”

Analysts are predicting rate increases in September and December of 2018.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- inflation (topic)
- Federal Reserve (regulator)
- federal reserve (topic)
- St. Louis Federal Reserve (regulator)
- rate hikes (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/federal-reserves-james-bullard-cautions-central-bank-against-further-rate-hikes-2707651). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b6eac9bd-3a5a-444e-af96-07987de0c9a0).