Sep
24
Yellen Says She Still Expects Rate Increase This Year
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Chair herself sees a 2015 liftoff from near-zero rates
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Yellen says Fed can’t be sure how quickly headwinds will fade
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank is on track to raise interest rates this year, even as she acknowledged that economic “surprises” could lead them to change that plan.
“Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter,” Yellen said during a speech Thursday in Amherst, Massachusetts. “But if the economy surprises us, our judgments about appropriate monetary policy will change.”…
Yellen Says She Still Expects Rate Increase This Year
