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New York Fed Pres. Williams on CNBC: Fed's independence is very important

  • Fed independence is very important.
  • Has nothing to say an allegations that situation around Gov. Cook
  • GDP has slowed in the 1st half of the year.
  • I expect that to continue for the rest the year
  • The economy is in an adjustment process
  • Expects growth to be 1% to 1 1/2% annually
  • The state of the labor market is solid.
  • Some of the slowdown in the payrolls is in the supply of the labor market.
  • We are seeing slower supply and slower demand.
  • The hard thing is to see if one is slowing faster than the other.
  • Other indicators have gently softened over the last year but still growing.
  • Wage growth is a good indicator of labor.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.

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