Fed's Williams: We need to gradually reduce monetary stimulus

Williams in Nashville

  • Appropriate to start balance sheet unwind this Fall
  • Inflation should reach 2% target in next year or two
  • Unemployment rate to edge down a bit this year
  • We still have a ways to go on inflation
  • Wants to make sure Fed fulfills inflation commitement

He repeated the language about gradually removing stimulus but didn't continue to include anything related to a timeline. On inflation, he previously said 'in the next year or so' and now it's the next 'year or two'. I see this as more cautious across the board and a negative signal for the US dollar.

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