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Asia Extends Global Gain as Yellen Buoys Stocks

EghtesadOnline: Banks led broad gains in global stocks after Janet Yellen said the Federal Reserve doesn’t need to wait for the Trump’s administration’s plans on fiscal stimulus to hike rates. The dollar held gains and bonds dropped.
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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 05:01

Jobs Report Justifies Yellen's Patience on Rate Hike Timing

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen doesn’t need to commit. The moment Federal Reserve officials published their projections in December for three rate hikes in 2017, Wall Street’s betting on when those would occur ratcheted higher. January’s U.S. employment report gives the chair plenty of room to defer while policy makers wait for evidence of how new measures from the Trump administration are affecting the economy. That’s the message she’ll probably convey during congressional testimony on Feb. 14-15.
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Publish Date:04/February/2017 | 04:44

Dollar pulls away from lows as investors await Yellen speech

EghtesadOnline: The dollar took a breather on Wednesday after falling to a seven-week low against the yen as investors await Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen 's speech on monetary policy, while sterling gave back some of the previous session's rally.
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Publish Date:18/January/2017 | 05:21

Global stocks, dollar rise after Yellen remarks; yen, Treasuries pare gains

EghtesadOnline: Global stock markets added to gains on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sounded an optimistic tone about the U.S. labor market, weighing on safe-haven assets like the Japanese yen and U.S. Treasuries that had risen after the shooting death of Russia's ambassador to Turkey.
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Publish Date:19/December/2016 | 21:57

Yellen Takes Post-Hike Victory Lap With Labor Market Great Again

EghtesadOnline: For Janet Yellen , the labor market is great again. Yellen took a rare victory lap Wednesday, signaling the economy is strong and will improve further, allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to raise rates next year.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:04

Yellen says Fed could raise interest rates 'relatively soon'

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve could raise U.S. interest rates "relatively soon" if economic data keeps pointing to an improving labor market and rising inflation, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday in a clear hint the U.S. central bank could hike next month.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 15:41

Stocks, dollar rebound but Yellen rattles markets

EghtesadOnline: Global stocks and the dollar rebounded on Friday, buoyed at first by U.S. and Chinese data, but Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen later rattled investors when she said aggressive steps may be needed to address an economy whose potential is slipping.
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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 05:36

Fed's Yellen says 'high-pressure' policy may be only way back from crisis

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve may need to run a "high-pressure economy" to reverse damage from the 2008-2009 crisis that depressed output, sidelined workers, and risks becoming a permanent scar, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday in a broad review of where the recovery may still fall short.
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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 05:09

For Yellen, a September Fed surprise could close confidence gap

EghtesadOnline: Market volatility is low, U.S. census data shows income gains have reached the middle class, and workers are clawing back a larger share of national income. For now, at least, no international risk stands out and inflation may even be picking up.
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Publish Date:19/September/2016 | 06:51

Where the Fed Goes From Here

EghtesadOnline: Investors scouring Janet Yellen ’s speech last Friday for clues on short-term interest rates came away disappointed. The Fed chair chose to deliver a more important message: The future of U.S. macroeconomic policy cannot be like the past.
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Publish Date:30/August/2016 | 10:39

Dollar starts the week with Fed-inspired gains

EghtesadOnline: The dollar stood tall in Asian trading on Monday, after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen 's upbeat comments on the U.S. economy prompted traders to raise their expectations of an interest rate increase.
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Publish Date:29/August/2016 | 07:06

Yellen Imagines a Future Where Fed Tinkers With Inflation Target

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen raised the possibility that future policy makers might increase their inflation target and broaden the types of assets they can buy to enhance their ability to counteract a severe recession.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 08:59

Janet Yellen ’s Jackson Hole Speech, Annotated

EghtesadOnline: The speech the world has been waiting for is finally here. At 10 a.m. Eastern Time in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is delivering a speech titled "The Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Toolkit."
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 08:39

For the Fed's Yellen 'conventional' unconventional policy is enough

EghtesadOnline: For all the talk of a radical shift in central banking policy, from the permanent use of negative rates to helicopter money drops, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to believe she can tackle any future downturn using the tools currently at her disposal.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 06:55

Central bankers eye public spending to plug $1 trillion investment gap

EghtesadOnline: While markets wait for Janet Yellen 's latest message about the direction of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve chief and her colleagues already have one for politicians: the U.S. economy needs more public spending to shift into higher gear.
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Publish Date:25/August/2016 | 10:31