We have to give meaning to the word unacceptable. If we say russian actions are unacceptable, what are we going to do as to not accept them . For a toughi argue hardhitting sanctions policy to pushback on this. The two rounds of sanctions were decent first steps. They happened weeks ago. It is past time in opposing additional, hardhitting putin and hisnst allies. We have to shift from a policy of reacting to events on the ground. We need to preempt the aggression. Theeed to continue implementation of the sanctions. The legislation that was passed in 2012 imposed sanctions for abuse of human rights inside russia, we have to do both at the same time. The putin regime is a thoroughly corrupt, authoritarian regime that will do anything to stay in power. That is what we are seeing play out in ukraine. This is an extension of domestic politics. Putins paranoia which was heightened the decade ago he ain when hequed ag saw hundreds of thousands of people turn out on the streets of ukraine. Ins
To 2 . Tendency is 1. 7 if this forecast was to become a would bethe economy approaching what my colleagues maximum employment and price stability for the decade. Me in nearly a i find this baseline outlook plausible. Of course, if the economy ouriently followed forecasts, the job of central easier. Would be a lot and their speeches would be a shorter. laughter alas, the economy is not often so compliant. So i will ask your indulgence for a few more minutes. Because the course of the uncertain, Monetary Policy makers need to carefully is dayor signs that it verging from the baseline in aok, and then respond systematic way. Let me turn first to monitoring three questions i believe are likely to loom large ongoing assessment of where we are on the path back maximum employment and price stability. Concerns thestion extent of slack in the labor market. Fomcs objectives is to pro meat a return to maximum employment. But exactly what conditions are consistent with maximum can be difficult to
Because inflation is now very low, fed policy is focused on reducing slack in the labor market and raising inflation to about 2 . At some point a stronger economy may bring higher inflation rates. With the fed be willing to raise the fed funds Interest Rate above the rate of inflation if the inflation rate begins rising above 2. 5 even if there is still slack in the labor market question mark so let me emphasize that our commitment is twosided. We do not want to see inflation run persistently below our two percent target. We also do not want to see inflation run persistently above our two percent target. Agofomc about two years wanted to make very clear that we have a very strong commitment to a two percent longer run inflation goal. And we for the first time issued a clear statement that 2 as the longer run inflation goal and we remain committed to it. This continues to be the case. Although with inflation running , at this when, as i mentioned, i think the risk is greater that we sho
Weve all served in government and seen both ends of that dynamic, where the highs feel pretty high and the lows feel really low. This is the lowest it gets, and there is a question about what is putin doing . His speech, when he took the formal step in crimea, created a whole set of really serious questions about what the idea that russia is the most divided nation, the vision of ethnic identity. All these things are incredibly destabilizing, and youve seen in western european embrace of some of these ideological points by the far right. So again, this is a genie being let out of the box here. David . Until putin bailed us out on the chemical weapons issue, russias role was nothing but negative and destructive t. Wasnt blocking the resolutions, it was selling and providing arms and weapons for assad to slaughter syrians. Russia was guilty aiding and abetting that slaughter, that massacre. And so russia has, in my view, been so counter to our interests in syria, and the chemical weapons
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