U.S. presidential campaign not discussed at Fed policy meetings: official

May 17, 2016 1:29 PM EDT

The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington September 16 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential campaign is not a subject of discussion at the Federal Reserve's policy meetings, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said on Tuesday.

"It does not come up at the meetings," Lockhart told an audience at an event on economic policy in Washington.

(Reporting by Jason Lange and Lindsay Dunsmuir; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)



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