Fed's Brainard answering questions: economic outlook not changed despite threat of trade wars

Fed's Brainard has been answering questions:

• Fed's Brainard: will be very cautious that core bank leverage, liquidity reforms remain 'quite robust'.
• Fed's Brainard: has greater confidence that gradual rate hikes needed; less focused on under-performance of inflation.
• Fed's Brainard: financial conditions inform U.S. Monetary policy decisions.
• Fed's Brainard: economic outlook not changed depite threat of trade wars, too early to tell.