St Louis Fed's Poole on state of the U.S. economy

In the speech 'State of the U.S. economy' given on 9 February William Poole of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis warned that unexpectedly strong growth could spur the Fed to raise interest rates again.

"Recent inflation data themselves, and other information relevant to judging the inflation outlook, suggest that the inflation rate is likely to fall into a reasonable range this year," Poole said.

"Clearly, the momentum seems to be headed in a favorable direction, as last week's (Federal Open

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