The Fed: Fed’s Williams says a recession can be avoided

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New York Fed President John Williams said Tuesday he expects the economy to slow a bit, but a recession can be avoided.

“A recession is not my base case right now. I think the economy is strong,” Williams said, in an interview on CNBC.

Growth will slow “quite a bit,” Williams said, but it is the “slowdown that we need to see” to reduce the…