Federal Reserve's Williams Says "Clearly The Case Downside Employment Risks Increased"

Thank you for the kind introduction. I’m delighted to be back at the Economic Club of New York. I’ve worn many hats here at the Club: one as a longtime member, one as a repeat guest, and one as chair. I am pleased to see how the Club’s programming continues to evolve in service of its important mission. Before turning to the conversation with Sonali Basak and taking your questions, I’d like to take the next 10 minutes or so to share my outlook for the economy and how I see the path forward in the current moment. I’ll put my Federal Reserve hat back on now and give the standard Fed disclaimer that the views I express today are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) or others in the Federal Reserve System. Federal Reserve's Williams Says He Foresees Slow Interest Rate Cuts If Economy Meets Expectations || Fed Needs To Balance Inflation And Job Risks Now NY FED’S WILLIAMS: WILL NEED TO MOVE FED FUNDS RATE TOWARD NEUTRAL; GIVES NO TIMETABLE #FOMC #interestrates FED'S WILLIAMS: NOT SEEING SECOND-ORDER TARIFF EFFECTS ON INFLATION Fed's Williams: Always Monitoring Overall Data Trends, Not Just a Single Report - Sees Gradual Cooling In Job Market But It’s Still In Reasonably Good Place - Consumers Have Seemed A Little Bit Shaky In Soft Data, Not So Much In Hard Data

White House Says Trump Signed Executive Order Implementing US-Japan Trade Agreement NEW: President Donald J. Trump just signed an Executive Order officially implementing the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement. Here is the text of the order: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the… White House: The US will apply a 15% baseline tariff on most Japanese imports, with special rules for cars, aerospace, generic drugs, and scarce natural resources. WHITE HOUSE: JAPAN WORKING TOWARD EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION OF A 75% INCREASE OF U.S. RICE PROCUREMENTS

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