Comments from Williams

  • We will keep rates near zero until confident US economy on track to meet full employment and price stability goals
  • Latest numbers do not reveal full extent of financial devastation face by American families
  • We don't know what the shape or timescale of the recovery will be

I appreciate the humility on the forecasts. There is so much uncertainty and all the Fed can really do is say they'll keep rates at zero until there's some clarity.