Fed is clearly on a path of returning rates to normal: Williams
Reuters
Published Jan 29, 2016 04:41PM ET
Fed is clearly on a path of returning rates to normal: Williams
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is clearly on a path of returning interest rates to a normal level of 3 percent to 3.5 percent over the next few years, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday.
Raising rates in December was the right thing to do, given the improvement in the labor market, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said. Further and gradual rate increases "make sense" he said, although the exact timing of rate hikes will depend on the economic data.
U.S. domestic demand is strong, he said, and is offsetting weakness in exports and manufacturing that is an effect of weak growth abroad, particularly in China.
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