FED'S WILLIAMS SAYS ECONOMIC GROWTH HAS IMPROVED.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said economic growth has improved, a characterization that signals the central bank's assessment of the expansion has shifted to a firmer footing. For markets, the transmission runs primarily through rate expectations: stronger growth readings tend to reduce the probability of near-term policy easing, pushing up front-end Treasury yields and compressing the rate differential that supports the dollar against lower-yielding peers. Equities are typically sensitive to this repricing in a mixed way, with cyclical sectors and small-cap indices often benefiting from improved growth outlooks while long-duration growth stocks face pressure as discount rates rise. Traders will focus on upcoming Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation data and the next nonfarm payrolls report, since confirmation of solid activity alongside sticky inflation would reinforce the case for a prolonged policy hold.

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