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Fed's Williams says inflation too high, targets 2 percent

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John Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said Friday inflation remains too high amid multiple price shocks. "Inflation is absolutely too ​high. It's been too high for too long," Williams said at a ​European Central Bank conference in Germany.

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  1. The Hill

    Fed's Williams says inflation too high, targets 2 percent (opens The Hill)

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    John Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said Friday inflation remains too high amid multiple price shocks. "Inflation is absolutely too ​high. It's been too high for too long," Williams said at a ​European Central Bank conference in Germany.

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    St. Louis Fed president says lowering inflation to 2% is a 'necessary condition' (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    These remarks come a week after the Federal Reserve voted to hold interest rates steady at 3.75% to 4% during its October meeting.

  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    St. Louis Fed president: Inflation too high (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    Inflation needs to be brought down on a "timely basis," St. Louis Federal Reserve President and CEO Alberto Musalem said Friday.

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