Fed's Evans favors gradual approach to monetary normalization

[October 11, 2017]  ZURICH (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should adopt a gradual approach to normalizing its expansive monetary policy, U.S. central banker Charles Evans said on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans participates in a moderated discussion in Zurich, Switzerland October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

"There is room for honest discussion later this year whether it is the right time to raise rates," Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Evans told a Bloomberg event in Zurich. "The state of the economy is quite strong, unemployment low, the labor market is good.

"It makes sense to continue to increase policy gradually as we assess whether inflation is going to get to the 2 percent objective."

(Reporting by John Revill and Angelika Gruber; Editing by Joshua Franklin)

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