Senator John Williams will urge his parliamentary colleagues to push for a Senate Inquiry broadly looking at the financial industry and its regulations. Mr Williams said the inquiry wouldn't focus directly on the CBA/ Bankwest takeover, but would be a...

The comments, which step up Plosser’s longstanding opposition to the Fed’s ultra-easy policies, came less than a day after San Francisco Fed President John Williams said it “is vital that we keep the monetary policy throttle wide open” to reduce...

Were it not for people dropping out of the labor force, the unemployment rate would be over 11 percent. As it is, an 8.3 percent headline unemployment rate makes re-election difficult. But with an 11 percent rate, the president could go ahead and call...

This was surprising, since so many sell-side research shops do think QE3 is on the way. Also complicating factors is that the economy seems to doing fine, and financial markets are clearly robust, so what's the impetus? Calculated Risk has posted this...

Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said the U.S....

13 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said the U.S. central bank should keep trying to boost growth because it’s missing its goals for both full employment and price stability. “It’s vital that we keep the...