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October 10, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

In remarks at Binghamton University on October 10, New York Fed President John Williams spoke about how the imbalances in the economy and labor market have dissipated and how inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent. He also discussed the decision by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to move the stance of monetary policy toward a more neutral setting. And he gave his economic outlook.

September 6, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

In remarks delivered at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York Fed President John C. Williams spoke about the economy, supply and demand balance, and bringing inflation back down to the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) 2 percent longer-run goal. He also discussed the progress made toward the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate goals of maximum employment and price stability, as well as the path ahead for monetary policy.

July 5, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on Managing Policy Amid Uncertainty

New York Fed President John C. Williams delivered the 4th Suresh Tendulkar Memorial Lecture at the Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai on July 5, 2024. In his remarks, he discussed the key principles of inflation targeting strategies that have proven foundational in helping the Fed and other central banks manage extreme uncertainty. These principles include the need for central banks to own the responsibility for price stability and have independence to act to achieve it; transparency and clear communication of goals, including an explicit numerical inflation target; and well-anchored inflation expectations.

May 30, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

In remarks delivered at the Economic Club of New York, New York Fed President John C. Williams discussed how the Federal Reserve is working to achieve both maximum employment and price stability, the progress of getting supply and demand in better balance, and bringing inflation back down to the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) 2 percent longer-run goal.

May 3, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech at the Hoover Monetary Policy Conference

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In remarks delivered at the Hoover Institution, New York Fed President John C. Williams discussed three key principles derived from monetary policy theory and experience that help guide central banks in achieving price stability.

April 11, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

In remarks delivered at the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York’s annual symposium, New York Fed President John C. Williams discussed the progress made in restoring price stability to the economy, the work still needed to return inflation to 2 percent, and the trajectory of the Fed’s balance sheet.

February 28, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

In remarks delivered during a regional visit to Long Island on February 28, 2024, New York Fed President John C. Williams discussed the progress made in restoring price stability to the economy, as well as the work still needed to return inflation to 2 percent.

January 10, 2024

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

New York Fed President John C. Williams spoke about his economic outlook and monetary policy before a group of real estate and business leaders from across the greater New York metropolitan area on January 10, 2024.

November 30, 2023

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on Restoring Price Stability

New York Fed President John C. Williams spoke about monetary policy and his economic outlook at an event hosted by the Bretton Woods Committee and the New York Fed on November 30, 2023.

September 29, 2023

Peeling the Inflation Onion, Revisited

Editor’s note: New York Fed President John C. Williams prepared the following remarks for delivery on Friday, September 29 as part of a regional visit to Long Island. The regional visit was canceled, and the speech was not delivered publicly, but we have published the text here at the originally scheduled time.

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