NY Fed Chief Williams:

  • says the Fed has to to be data dependent and transparent about this thinking
  • has to be open to changing course when the data suggests that's what is needed
  • economy is strong, facing upside risks to CPI
  • inflation is much higher than the Fed expected
  • expects inflation to fall in 2022 but to remain above Fed's 2% taregt
  • Fed is committed to taking action to bring inflation back to 2%

Being data dependent is probably a key requirement for any government policy maker. Of course, it often is not.

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