Janet Yellen

24/7 Wall St. recently showed how Credit Suisse had capitulated that the Federal Reserve and Chair Janet Yellen were on track to hike rates as soon as the March Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)...
Now it seems that the Federal Reserve's chances of a federal funds rate hike may be sooner and faster than what the markets were expecting.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California. Her speech was titled ‘The Goals of Monetary Policy and How We...
Just last week, producer prices indicated a stalling out at the wholesale level. But what happens in prices at the consumer level often lags the wholesale level.
The Federal Reserve has released its minutes of the December 13 – 14 (2016) FOMC meeting. It turns out that Janet Yellen and her team of Federal Reserve presidents may be looking just a tad...
Be warned that a rate hike by the Federal Reserve looks imminent for Wednesday, and one or two more rate hikes might be in the bag toward the middle of 2017.
If you have been anxiously awaiting that long-expected interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, this week is when you are likely to see it take place. Janet Yellen and the Federal Open Market...
There is going to be some serious food for thought in the coming weeks. As 2016 comes to an end, there has been a substantial post-election rally around the notion that Donald Trump as President is...
It may be a holiday weekend, but 24/7 Wall St. wanted to give investors, business owners, and consumers insight into what to expect as 2016 ends and 2017 gets closer. The first order of business...
24/7 Wall St. wanted to give investors, business owners, and consumers a heads up for what to expect in the weeks ahead. The presidential election is over, the Federal Reserve wants to raise interest...
It is time to get ready, or even more ready perhaps, for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike at the December 14 FOMC meeting. A litany of economic data released on Thursday was stronger than...
This week is chock full of members of the Federal Reserve system speaking. Unfortunately, that means a whole host of dovish versus hawkish comments about interest rates.
With the 2016 presidential election just days away, it was widely expected that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve were not going to announce an interest rate hike at the November 2 two-day FOMC...
The week of October 14 was a busy one for economic reports. It was also a busy week for the talking heads inside the Federal Reserve.
The Federal Reserve has released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee from September. It was already known that three votes had been cast to raise interest rates. Those are the hawks....