Stern...told Reuters in an interview that since official interest rates now are at or near neutral, policy decisions have become more complex than earlier in the tightening cycle. "I'm comfortable with it as of March 3," said Stern when asked about the view the Fed did not need to go beyond neutral to a contractionary stance, which would slow economic growth. "This is going to be data-driven and I try to be receptive to incoming information. If the incoming data turned out to provide some surprises, or caused me to become more concerned about price stability than I am right now, that could change," Stern said. "We are now in a place where decisions are somewhat more complex because we have covered a lot of ground and we are closer to, if not at, neutral," said Stern.