Fed's Williams: Definitely every meeting is 'live' for me

Fed's Williams: Central bank independence is very important Fed’s Williams: GDP Growth Has Slowed, Expected To Continue – @CNBC - ‘Slowing Economy’ Not A Stalling Economy - Economy Is Growing, Maybe At A 1% To 1.5% Annual Rate - 4.2% Unemployment Is Historically ‘Very Low’ - Seeing Slowdown In Hiring Pace, Labour Force Also Growing… Fed's Williams: Wage growth continues to be consistent with a solid labor market and inflation moderating towards 2% target Fed's Williams: Progress on inflation is very slow now, it's hard to separate out tariff impact Fed's Williams: If the economy evolves as expected, at some point, interest rates need to be closer to neutral

In July 2025, timely foreign trade data reported a trade deficit of $17 million. This balance compares to a surplus of $514 million in June. The decrease in the trade balance ...

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China decreased by 0.3% in July 2025 to 147.4 (2016=100), after also contracting by 0.3% in June. As a result, the LEI ...