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Dollar steadies after dropping on U.S. political turmoil

EghtesadOnline: The dollar steadied on Monday, edging away from four-month lows against the yen plumbed in the previous session as investors turned their focus from political turmoil in Washington to the Federal Reserve 's annual central banking conference in Wyoming.
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Publish Date:21/August/2017 | 06:53

Kashkari Says Fed Concerns Over Inflation Based on ‘Ghost Story’

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said his colleagues at the U.S. central bank have voted to raise interest rates because they are worried about accelerating inflation in the future, a concern he likened to a “ghost story.”
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:12

The Wait for a U.S. Inflation Pickup Drags On, Clouding the Fed Outlook

EghtesadOnline: It’s becoming an endless wait for U.S. inflation to pick up. And the fifth straight miss on core-price forecasts adds to the burden on Federal Reserve policy makers to explain why they’re moving toward a December interest-rate increase.
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:08

Federal Reserve now faces prospect of global monetary policy tightening

EghtesadOnline: Prospects for tighter monetary policy in Europe and other countries could pose a fresh problem for the Federal Reserve when it meets next week to ponder its plan to reduce its $4.2 trillion bond portfolio purchased after the 2008 financial crisis.
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Publish Date:24/July/2017 | 05:00

Fed's Williams still sees rate hike, asset unwinding this year

EghtesadOnline: A top U.S. central banker on Tuesday said he still expected one more rise in interest rates from the Federal Reserve this year and for it to start unwinding its massive balance sheet in the next few months.
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Publish Date:11/July/2017 | 05:26

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

BOJ to keep policy steady, reassure markets stimulus exit still distant

EghtesadOnline: The Bank of Japan is set to keep monetary settings unchanged on Friday and reassure markets it will lag way behind the Federal Reserve in dialing back its massive stimulus program, with inflation stubbornly low despite a strengthening economy.
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 08:31

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

Dudley Says a Couple More Hikes Seem Reasonable

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said three interest-rate hikes in 2017 is a “reasonable” projection and that the central bank may also begin shrinking its balance sheet later this year or in 2018, possibly pausing rate increases in the process.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 09:03