Wealthion · Monday, September 14, 2026
John Williams, president of the New York Fed, outlined conditions under which the Federal Reserve might need to raise interest rates. He stated that if month-over-month inflation consistently exceeds 0.2%, it would be considered a problem. Conversely, if inflation remains at or below 0.2%, the Fed would not need to take action.
“The uh president of the New York Fed, John Williams, gave a speech recently and which he gave us some forward guidance, believe it or not.”
“But uh John Williams basically said that the as far as he's concerned, if inflation just kind of stays zero point two percent month over month, over and over again, said then we don't have a problem.”
“If it shows signs of being more like zero point three or zero point four, in other words, it's not consistently zero point two, he said we have a problem and we may need to to to raise interest rates.”