Dallas Fed's Fisher says Fed wary of energy prices

Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said on Tuesday 21 February the U.S. economy was currently "very strong" and energy prices would be monitored by the Fed in weighing future policy.

"We will be increasingly driven by the data and by the feel ... of what we're seeing happening in the economy," Fisher, who is not a voting member of the Fed's policy-setting committee this year, told reporters after delivering a speech.

"I voted for every rate increase. And I voted, personally, for a

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