Fed’s Lockhart Says Fed Can’t Rule Out QE Tapering Next Month

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said the central bank will consider reducing its bond-buying program at next month’s policy meeting.

“I would not take off the table at least consideration at that time,” Lockhart told reporters in Oxford, Mississippi, in response to a question on tapering in December. “The question of changing the mix of accommodative tools ought to be on the table at every meeting for the foreseeable future.”