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Williams: Restoring Price Stability Of Paramount Importance - Reuters

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  • Reuters reports NY Fed’s Williams saying restoring price stability is of “paramount importance”.
  • Combined with Barkin's earlier comments, there has been only limited reaction for Fed rate expectations, still showing 17-18bps priced for the July FOMC whilst the Dec’23 implied rate has lifted 1bps to 5.24% but only back to late Fri levels.
  • Barkin (‘24 voter) told the WSJ’s Timiraos: “There are just a lot of embedded pandemic-era forces that are working against this tightening,” … “I didn’t fully anticipate how much the move in interest rates would convince people not to put their houses on the market.” More here.
  • The paramount importance echoes Bostic ('24 voter) last week telling MNI he wants rates on hold until end 2024. More on that here.

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