Fed's Williams doesn't see urgent need to cut interest rates again, in CNBC interview

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 08:49 AM EST

By Michael S. Derby

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of New ?York President John Williams ?said Friday that ?he did not ?see ?any imminent need to follow ?last ?week's interest rate cut with another ?easing.

In a ?CNBC ?interview, the Fed official said he ?did not have a "sense of urgency" to lower rates, saying "I ?think ?the cuts we've made have positioned ?us really well" to help get inflation down while helping to support a ?cooling job market. (Reporting by Michael S. Derby; Editing ?by Alex Richardson)

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