The Minutes of John Williams on growth https://minutesof.com/john-williams/on/growth/ Everything John Williams has said on growth: 3 verbatim quotes, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:02 +0000 Williams says first-half GDP growth was about 1.5 percent, well below last year's 2.5 percent pace. https://minutesof.com/q/c99d1bc3-9b79-4e84-9d14-7aaac39bd9ae/ https://minutesof.com/q/c99d1bc3-9b79-4e84-9d14-7aaac39bd9ae/ “Looking through the downs and ups in the data, growth in the first half of the year was about 1-1/2 percent, well below last year’s 2-1/2 percent pace.” — NY Fed speeches growth Williams says real GDP grew 2 percent in 2025 and expects that pace to continue this year. https://minutesof.com/q/709d08fc-70ef-48c0-a1ab-b333709d73f3/ https://minutesof.com/q/709d08fc-70ef-48c0-a1ab-b333709d73f3/ “Real GDP grew 2 percent in 2025 and is poised to maintain that pace for the rest of this year.” — NY Fed speeches growth Williams expects trade and immigration policies combined with uncertainty to weigh on growth. https://minutesof.com/q/76678b47-6bf5-4cc3-b031-a4a0c7b2d3b7/ https://minutesof.com/q/76678b47-6bf5-4cc3-b031-a4a0c7b2d3b7/ “But based on what the data tell us today, I expect the combined effects of trade and immigration policies and associated uncertainty to continue to weigh on growth.” — NY Fed speeches growth