US Federal Reserve board member Rosengreen on the wires 6 June 2016

  • expects enough growth for rate hikes
  • expects gradual tightening, though recent data "choppy"
  • important to see if weak jobs data is a one-off
  • US is now at "full employment" estimate
  • evidence inflation moving towards 2% target
  • optimistic about strong US retail sales, consumption

Glass half-full for Rosengreen still.

Meanwhile USD a little better bid as European trading gets underway. GBPUSD 1.4374 EURUSD 1.1339