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To judge by their polar opposite reactions, two top U.S. Federal Reserve officials could have been looking at completely different sets of U.S. inflation data on Friday.

That's largely because they were.

Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said the rise in the March U.S. Consumer Price Index data was "in line with low underlying inflation," referring to core CPI, which rose 1.2 percent from a year earlier.

Evans, a voter on the Fed's policy-setting committee, said strong monetary accommodation remains necessary as the U.S. economy improves, and it's unlikely he will push for tighter policy this year.

His view is in line with that of core members of the Fed, including Chairman Ben Bernanke, who has said the effect of the rising price of oil on inflation is "transitory."

Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig, one of the Fed's most consistent hawks, repeated his call for the Fed to put short-term interest rates back up to 1 percent, from near-zero where they are now.

Speaking to an audience at Purdue University in Indiana, he said he was worried about inflation, which h,30869,16152,39036,76861,67317,24847,42887,77356,58405,93437,85017,56360,29465,80311,29548,29841,33291,56841,89211,84908,97706,89949,58950,63686,35724,99726,70129,81043,96754,53136,12676,89069,27482,38753,64964,96816,92747,73341,36157,67354,42102,49788,47864,58035,60157,17228,79570,60777,28292,10865,36967,45409,64125,91681,70262,18505,93204,39686,10518,85230,98574,90926,39441,66862,48067,74262,42986,81958,40483,51865,81012,48325,84740,63132,74918,53951,17276,82194,99147,76253,55762,99068,54025,12839,85423,93255,68569,63193,97764,30325,92585,33386,70414,59937,23320,48474,20273,25710,73826,68825,84144,36044,46134,46935,79207,49982,96372,23163,53807,64317,45874,40881,54523,73887,49355,74036,27924,35010,63467,19634,16607,47478,17000,97751,56756,31506,42287,33257,72618,31628,73622,61968,47763,12011,53697,93543,70563,74708,17842,87877,94497,41427,31509,44963,25319,69775,39036,29687,79170,96606,76017,80282,41410,80530,58485,29781,21509,97863,17811,40368,35453,76353,77731,26089,65878,23520,66699,94924,42478,83075,99253,77217,72399,99161,24173,91021,76623,32878,49991,99604,49079,56404,68718,13690,66149,66067,93598,72142,33960,21066,49968,47034,24710,87511,85226,92643,25988,66990,45818,58059,51366,64420,91161,50441,86418,18133,34219,78019,59158,29383,41124,46835,21319,48414,37173,47075,48391,82781,68339,32489,91821,82674,49962,64957,68768,24272,79179,46446,54969,84124,66543,79853,98738,71856,80651,20435,63105,80409,91000,61976,35541,37563,34730,70176,69884,11143,71935,61923,48767,76287,71309,24379,77474,46026,60340,77682,51526,37094,69771,89224,99738,16865,70545,49282,43120,29277,23181,78112,36320,33556,88073,20473,64731,63696,59305,32231,99312,28318,16675,39489,54067,33984,63943,45296,75653,70350,92575,49470,91560,14092,96508,50619,88086,89603,10384,59673,98282,92749,83433,13119,62628,57817,63233,53254,50591,92306,69270,62129,72066,92224,41337,81922,86317,41521,92179,47906,39933,63337,61689,51145,84925,33147,25257,89250,29000,82630,89272,76520,90187,84073,33929,16904,61336,50733,47876,86625,78664,47029,30415,78432,92944,74104,80590,89014,48502,52141,70608,18034,23744,29080,86840,98746,99014,26722,39287,13472,25893,74308,86009,37361,78585,86135,78403,40780,97161,37643,14325,94433,45203,57873,26077,76902,86274,32841,78919,38072,10991,31868,37029,26845,49109,37804,51331,17108,46653,62469,34692,14904,21540,26335,68999,55099,79559,89446,42714,96013,88049,92126,81242,28463,40563,47429,59182,99992,54163,50562,87290,93833,46621,79280,28676,38259,81282,84724,73131,68978,26713,80243,71522,48332,71114,21547,21160,71744,88177,37422,97633,95426,36826,22052,45404,20014,27921,30794,96080,47812,22043,38876,36260,88806,92309,62539,71615,37191,60632,34844,91739,28660,64605,46091,57424,21126,88233,20184,94430,20024,53470,24165,25614,21314,70328,75509,81836,75025,58639,80598,59108,22289,35612,43117,74760,79778,95037,56091,98942,67451,76971,73915,16820,18313,13489,90263,61684,68232,37820,74500,33771,15805,91695,42842,99580,99441,28415,85303,74307,90113,91732,82589,29363,46079