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  • Fed’s Janet Yellen hints at an early rate rise

    August 22, 2014

    New US Fed chief Janet Yellen raised the prospect of an earlier-than-expected rise in interest rates during her first address to the audience of central bank chiefs at the Kansas City Fed's symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday. Yellen, who started her job in February this year, studiously avoided making any commitments to new [...]

  • Janet Yellen’s Jackson Hole speech: Full text

    August 22, 2014

    Janet Yellen opened the Kansas City Fed's symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday for the first time since she was installed as chair of the US Fed.   Her speech, on the subject of "labour market dynamics and monetary policy", called for "pragmatic" policy, and said there was "no simple recipe" to help the [...]

  • Janet Yellen to give debut speech at Jackson Hole monetary policy forum

    August 17, 2014

    The annual American monetary policy gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyo­ming will get underway this week, Janet Yellen’s first as chair of the US Federal Reserve. The events, which begin on Thurs­day, are centred on the topic of “re-evaluating labour market dynamics” this year. The Federal Reserve chair typically gives a speech on the Friday morning [...]

  • Fed chair Janet Yellen defends low interest rates amid concern over frothy prices

    July 16, 2014

    Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen held the line during a grilling from US politicians yesterday, arguing that the economic climate meant that very low interest rates were still appropriate. “If the Fed [and Yellen] is going make a change in rhetoric, it is likelier to come at the September meeting, because that is the next [...]

  • Fed’s Janet Yellen: US recovery is incomplete and uncertainty remains

    July 15, 2014

    The US recovery is far from complete. That's the message from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, who in written testimony has said that "too many Americans remain unemployed" and inflation remains below the central bank's objective. Yellen has also highlighted "considerable uncertainty" surrounding the Fed's projections for economic growth. Central bank watchers will be trying [...]

  • Federal Reserve’s chair Janet Yellen stays firm on low interest rates

    July 2, 2014

    Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen yesterday stuck by the US central bank’s loose monetary policy, reiterating her view that regulation should be the key tool used to combat financial stability risks. She argued that interest rates should seldom be used to combat risks to financial stability and that doing so to counter the US housing [...]

  • Janet Yellen won’t be pleased with this month’s US home sales

    May 22, 2014

    Data from the National Association of Realtors shows existing home sales up from 4.59m to 4.65m in April, with the change in existing home sales up by 1.3 per cent. Analysts at Investec said in a preview that these figures "are likely to take on additional significance this week following Janet Yellen’s comments regarding housing [...]

  • Chinese trade data and dovish Yellen boost Asian markets

    May 8, 2014

    Asian markets have been boosted by a recovery in Chinese exports and imports as well as Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen's commitment that the Fed will continue to support the US economy. Chinese export growth rose from -6.6 per cent year-on-year in March to 0.9 per cent in April, outperforming Bloomberg's median estimate of minus [...]

  • Yellen: Low rates to stay as labour market still unsatisfactory

    May 7, 2014

    Janet Yellen has today defended the US’s central bank’s accommodative policy, saying it still remains warranted – it’s not rushing to raise interest rates. Giving her testimony to Congress, this is Yellen’s first opportunity to speak following April’s improved jobs figures. Dismissing concerns over growth stangation in the first quarter – which, she said, were [...]

  • Asian markets rise as Yellen reaffirms commitment to low rates

    April 17, 2014

    Asian markets have seen minor gains after the US posted better than expected industrial production figures, and the chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen reaffirmed the Fed's commitment to supporting the recovery. Investors were reassured by Yellen's remarks to the Economic Club of New York that the US would "likely require low real interest [...]

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