# John C Williams: Moving toward "normal" US monetary policy

> New York Fed President John Williams said the US economy is performing very well and the Fed is moving toward more normal monetary policy. He spoke at a Bank Indonesia central banking forum on October 10, 2018.

- Date: 2018-10-12 · published 2018-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62447-john-c-williams-moving-toward-normal-us-monetary-policy
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Continued Fed normalization supports a firmer dollar and higher emerging-market financing costs, which can squeeze importers of feed commodities. The effect on feed prices is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2018-10-25 | [The Economic Outlook, Monetary Policy, and Normal Policymaking Now and in the Future](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62446-the-economic-outlook-monetary-policy-and-normal-policymaking-now-and-in-the.md) | +1.0% | +0.9% |
| DXY | 2018-11-22 | [Account of the monetary policy meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62238-account-of-the-monetary-policy-meeting.md) | +0.1% | +0.1% |
| DXY | 2018-04-12 | [Account of the monetary policy meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65690-account-of-the-monetary-policy-meeting.md) | -0.0% | +3.5% |
| DXY | 2017-11-23 | [Account of the monetary policy meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68185-account-of-the-monetary-policy-meeting.md) | -0.1% | +0.3% |
| DXY | 2023-04-04 | [Lisa D Cook: The US economic outlook and monetary policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36300-lisa-d-cook-the-us-economic-outlook-and-monetary-policy.md) | +0.4% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- bis.org: https://www.bis.org/review/r181012a.htm

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