March seems appropriate if the Fed decides that the employment data and inflation continue to move as expected.
The pace of increase this year probably will be faster compared to 2015 and 2016.
The employment rate "essentially met" and inflation "moving closer" to the target.
Risks from abroad appear to have diminished somewhat.
FOMC saw risks to the outlook "roughly balanced."
Interest rates will be increased unless the data between now and March 15 not out much worse.
US economy's potential to grow looks to be about 2% unless labor force grows faster.
Central bankers understand linkages between countries.
Nothing I said today is based on fiscal policy changes.
China, Japan and Europe are all showing positive data.
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