Fed's Williams: raising interest rates would send positive signal
TEMPE, Ariz, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Raising U.S. interest rates for the first time in nine years would send a positive signal about the economy, and could even spur some potential homebuyers to take the plunge and buy a house, a top Federal Reserve official said on Saturday.
"I do think if we raise interest rates in the context of an improving economy, a healthy economy, it does send a positive signal," San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said after a speech in Tempe, Arizona.
(Reporting by Ann Saphir; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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