WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve policy maker John Williams made the case yesterday for further gradual increases in interest rates, saying he expects inflation to rise to the central bank’s 2% target next year as unemployment edges lower.
“Gradually raising interest rates to bring monetary policy back to normal helps us keep the economy growing at a rate that can be sustained for a longer time,” Williams said in remarks prepared for delivery at the University of Technology Sydney.
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