  Contaldi et al. [1] have suggested that an initial period of kinetic energy
domination in single field inflation may explain the lack of CMB power at large
angular scales. We note that in this situation it is natural that there also be
a spatial gradient in the initial value of the inflaton field, and that this
can provide a spatial asymmetry in the observed CMB power spectrum, manifest at
low multipoles. We investigate the nature of this asymmetry and comment on its
relation to possible anomalies at low multipoles.
