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Yellen, Draghi Head to Jackson Hole Amid Inflation Unease

EghtesadOnline: As the world’s top central bankers gather in Wyoming this week, their relief about a stronger global economy will be tempered by a growing unease that inflation remains inexplicably low.
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Publish Date:21/August/2017 | 05:42

Yellen's Bet on Pulling Workers Back to the Labor Force Is Paying Off

EghtesadOnline: Even as U.S. unemployment crept lower in recent years, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen stuck with a glacial pace of policy tightening that she justified with a powerful message: there were still millions of potential workers to pull in from the labor market’s sidelines.
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Publish Date:08/July/2017 | 04:34

Hospitalized During London Visit, Released Monday

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was hospitalized over the weekend in London for treatment of a urinary tract infection, but has been discharged and is heading home.
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Publish Date:04/July/2017 | 04:09

How the Yellen Fed Got Religion Over the Stock Market and Policy

EghtesadOnline: For two decades, William Dudley has led a charge to change the way central bankers think about how they steer their economies through the booms and busts of financial markets. As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he’s showing them during the current tightening cycle what he’s been talking about all along.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 09:05

Yellen Can't Halt Trump Gold Rally That Hedge Funds Bet Against

EghtesadOnline: Gold bulls are acting as if they can’t believe a good thing when they see it. They should’ve had more faith. Hedge funds reduced their wagers on a bullion rally for the first time in three weeks, just before prices neared a two-month high and capped a third straight week of gains.
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Publish Date:20/February/2017 | 04:49

Scoring the Fed's Decision: Will It Be Wise to Tighten in March?

EghtesadOnline: Now that the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s next meeting has become far less certain, Bloomberg has provided a rundown of what would have to happen for Janet Yellen and company to raise rates on March 15:
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Publish Date:16/February/2017 | 20:16

Apple, banks push Wall Street to all-time high

EghtesadOnline: Major U.S. stock indexes established record highs on Tuesday, led by bank stocks after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said it would be unwise to wait too long to raise interest rates.
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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 05:26

Fed has limited view on Trump economic policies as Yellen heads to Congress

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen goes to Congress on Tuesday for the first time since Republicans took control of the White House and both houses of the legislature with less clarity on the direction of U.S. economic policy than at any time of her three-year tenure.
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Publish Date:14/February/2017 | 08:40

Dollar hits fresh 14-year high, yen slides

EghtesadOnline: The dollar hit a fresh 14-year high on Tuesday, boosted by upbeat comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that kept alive market expectations for swifter U.S. interest rate hikes next year than had been expected.
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Publish Date:20/December/2016 | 16:03

Fed's Yellen trumpets education in changing economy

EghtesadOnline: Changing technologies and globalization have put a premium on completing a college education in order to get and keep higher-paying jobs, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Monday.
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Publish Date:19/December/2016 | 21:59

Wall St. opens flat ahead of Yellen's testimony

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks opened little changed on Thursday, a day after the Dow broke a seven-day rally, as investors await a testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen .
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 15:39

Warmup begins for the Great U.S. Rate Hike of 2016

EghtesadOnline: Several of the world's top central banks will meet in the coming week, but only one, the U.S. Federal Reserve, is set to start a final countdown on the second most anticipated event of the year after the Presidential Election.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 05:32

Trump says Fed keeping rates low because of pressure from Obama

EghtesadOnline: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was keeping interest rates low because of political pressure from the Obama administration, questioning the motives of an institution whose work hinges on maintaining its independence.
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Publish Date:13/September/2016 | 06:40

Yellen Sides With Fed Camp Professing Faith in Price Forecasts

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen still has faith. On Friday she expressed confidence that tighter labor markets over time will push inflation back to the central bank’s 2 percent goal, setting up a rate hike this year -- possibly as soon as next month -- if jobs data remain strong.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 08:29

Fed's Yellen sees stronger case for interest rate hike

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve is getting closer to raising interest rates again, the head of the U.S. central bank and other policymakers said on Friday in comments that left the door open for a hike as early as next month.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 07:22

Fed guessing game moves up a gear as Yellen takes stage

EghtesadOnline: Will they or won't they? The debate over whether the U.S. Federal Reserve is readying an interest rate hike will get its umpteenth airing over the coming week, with all eyes on Chair Janet Yellen to provide some clarity.
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Publish Date:20/August/2016 | 08:38

Jerome Powell’s Views on U.S. Monetary Policy in His Own Words

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to seize the reins of the central bank when Chair Janet Yellen ’s term ends in February 2018, in a move that could alter monetary policy and the direction of America’s economy.
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Publish Date:04/November/2017 | 24:22