“The behavior of the economy over the past year provides ample evidence that monetary policy is restrictive in a way that helps us achieve our goals,” Williams said on Thursday in an address to the Economic Club of New York. “We are seeing clear and consistent signs that the imbalances between supply and demand in the economy are receding…The risks to achieving our maximum employment and price stability goals have moved toward better balance over the past year.”

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