7 Aug 2017
Fed's Kashkari: Reducing immigration to U.S. will slow economic growth
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari gave additional remarks in the last hour, with the key quotes, via Reuters, found below:
- Today's innovations, like Facebook, Twitter, don't move the needle much on the overall economy
- Reducing immigration to U.S. will slow economic growth
- If businesses are really struggling to find workers, they will raise wages
- He believes shrinking the Fed's balance sheet will be orderly, have little impact on markets
- Higher wages can't solve affordable housing problem; regulations are keep housing supply from increasing