Sentences with phrase «fed chairwoman»

«The basic message here is U.S. economic performance has been good,» Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said at a press conference following the Fed's two - day policy meeting.

As the economy recovers from the 2008 - 2009 crash, strengthening jobs numbers and GDP has convinced Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen to commit to gradual increases in the interest rates each year.

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said recently that legislation would «interfere with our supervisory judgments.»

In her testimony to the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen commented that with interest rates near zero the Fed must rely on such less traditional tools of monetary policy as forward guidance and asset purchases.

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at Janet L. Yellen's final meeting as the Fed chairwoman.

While we expect one more interest rate hike this year given Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen's most recent comments at Jackson Hole, financials may benefit from widening net interest margins (the spread between what banks make on loans and what they pay for deposits.)

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen has also voiced concerns about the potential for money laundering, while the bank has remained muted about the possibility of issuing its own «Fedcoin».

In the interview, Duy said Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen is turning out to be not as dovish as many people expected.

Last September, Fed Chairwoman, Janet Yellen, said that they were likely to raise interest rates 1 % this year.

At a conference in Wyoming, neither Janet Yellen, the Fed chairwoman, nor Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, is expected to address policy.

After the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen indicated the rate - setting body was on track to raise the federal - funds rate three times in 2017 and continue on that path next year, even though inflation is well below the Fed's 2 % target rate.

Above, Fed Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)-- The probability that the Federal Reserve will hike rates in two weeks is just under 80 % right now and that suits Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen just fine.

Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen's recent cautious statements about interest rates indicate she's well aware that raising rates any time soon could also rouse a sleeping bear market.

Market - watchers will get another opportunity to suss out clues later this week when Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen makes her planned speech at the annual Jackson Hole monetary policy symposium, where this year's theme, appropriately, focuses on the labor market.

The Federal Reserve made the psychologically important decision to hike interest rates last December, and recent remarks from Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen telegraphed the possibility of another hike in the summer.

Not exact matches

For her part, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in June that the removal of the Fed as a prop in October might not coincide with an immediate increase in its federal funds rate, which has hovered near zero since the financial crisis began.

The January meeting was the final meeting for Janet L. Yellen, who concluded her four - year term as the Fed's chairwoman in early February.

First, the Fed's Board of Governors, particularly chairwoman Janet Yellen, should make more frequent and timely public pronouncements.

However, foreign central bankers have warned the Fed that perpetual hesitation about raising rates contributes to uncertainty and are urging Chairwoman Yellen to simply pull the trigger now.

As chairwoman, Yellen made a point of visiting job training centres around the country and meeting with blue - collar workers to get a better sense of how Fed's policies were playing out for average people.

She had a 2 1/2 - year stint as a Fed governor in the 1990s, then returned to Washington in 2010 to be Bernanke's vice chairwoman before succeeding him.

«Unfortunately, she drew conclusions from a hasty scan of a few selected references and didn't mention a large body of powerful evidence supporting breast - feeding,» said Dr. Ruth Lawrence, chairwoman of the pediatric academy's section on breast - feeding.

«Parents shouldn't try to put their healthy infants on feeding schedules,» says Susan Baker, M.D., chairwoman of the Committee on Nutrition for the AAP and an associate professor at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, made a relaxed appearance at New York University last night, answering questions about her life in economics and her time at the Fed one day after she announced plans to leave the central bank next year.

Janet Yellen, the Fed's chairwoman, resisted early calls to raise interest rates by arguing that there is more to a healthy labour market than a low unemployment rate.

Melina Buckley, chairwoman of the Canadian Bar Association's access to justice committee, told Legal Feeds blog last August the organization had «a problem with it [pro bono] being used to fill the gaps,» adding: «We don't think it's sustainable to build a system like a food bank.»

It's been an eventful end to 2016 for Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen and company, as the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate last week for the second time since last year.