Below are some key takeaways from the concluding statement of the IMF’s review of the U.S. economy, as reported by LiveSquawk.
- Fed will need to hike faster in light of fiscal stimulus.
- The risk to domestic, global economy boosted by US fiscal policy.
- Sees strong growth, job creation for in near term.
- Sees wages, labor costs growing ‘modestly as slack lessens’.
- US fiscal stimulus is seen providing ‘significant boost’ to US economy, some negative impact in EM’s.