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Published in TZ Latest News 19 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

US Fed’s Williams says monetary policy has sizeable effect on house prices

San Francisco’s Fed head speaking in Jakarta
– costly trade-offs using policy to affect house prices
– high output and inflation costs
“Interest rate increases lower inflation-adjusted house prices but that comes at “significant costs” to GDP and inflation”
Prepared remarks in a speech contain little on overall policy or Fed outlook from the voting member