Janet Yellen
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Fed on course to raise interest rates at an upcoming meeting: Yellen
EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates at an upcoming meeting, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, although she flagged considerable uncertainty over…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Yellen Signals Fed Won’t Be Cowed After Trump’s Election Victory
EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the central bank wasn’t about to roll over in the face of Donald Trump’s surprise election victory last week.
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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…
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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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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…
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Long Bond Selloff Spreads as European Stocks Drop With Crude Oil
EghtesadOnline: Longer-dated bonds fell in Asia and Europe after comments by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen fueled concern that policy makers will tolerate faster inflation. European shares…
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Asian shares fall, dollar at seven-month high after Yellen comments
EghtesadOnline: Asian shares fell on Monday while the dollar held firm near seven-month high against a basket of major currencies after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen boosted…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Most Asia stocks slide on Fed officials' rate comments, dollar firms
EghtesadOnline: Most Asian share markets tumbled on Monday while the U.S. dollar added to gains made after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated a U.S. interest rate increase remains on…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Emerging Markets Fall on Fed Bets as Oil Leads Commodities Lower
EghtesadOnline: Emerging-market assets fell with commodities as expectations for a U.S. interest-rate hike grew before a speech this week by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
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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…