Tag: Janet Yellen

Chairwoman Janet Yellen has indicated that the plan for the balance sheet is to begin to allow securities to mature and the portfolio to shrink after some unspecified number of rate hikes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Fed is ‘running the economy hot,’ official warns

Joseph Lawler · January 9, 2017 11:00 pm

Since September 2015, the labor force has swelled by nearly 3 million, and the participation rate has ticked up by 0.3 percentage points despite the thousands of boomers retiring every day. (M. Spencer Green/AP Images)

Trump could preside over years of falling unemployment rates

Joseph Lawler · January 9, 2017 5:01 am

Officials discussed expectation that the Trump administration might oversee tax cuts and spending increases. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed members at last meeting thought faster rate hikes might be needed

Joseph Lawler · January 4, 2017 7:12 pm

New faces at the Fed in 2017

Joseph Lawler · December 30, 2016 4:18 am

Fed chief tells University of Baltimore graduates that the current job market is the strongest in a decade. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Prospects ‘very good’ for college graduates, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2016 7:03 pm

Big banks will need to raise $70 billion in funding to comply with a new rule to be finalized Thursday by the Federal Reserve. The rule requires the largest banks to pre-fund "the costs of their own failure," Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Big banks need to add $70 billion to meet new Fed rule

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2016 4:37 pm

Fed Raises Benchmark Interest Rate for Second Time Since Financial Crisis

Chris Deaton · December 14, 2016 9:18 pm

"I would say, at this point, that fiscal policy is not obviously needed to provide stimulus to get us back to full employment," said Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fiscal stimulus no longer needed to boost employment, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2016 9:16 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. The Federal Reserve is raising a key interest rate for the first time in a year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Yellen downplays impact of Trump’s win on Fed

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2016 8:21 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, before the House Financial Services Committee. Yellen said the financial health of the nation's banking system has strengthened considerably since the 2008 financial crisis, in part because of tougher regulations passed by Congress in 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Fed raises interest rates in first post-Trump meeting, sees more rate hikes in 2017

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2016 7:00 pm

The minutes are likely to cement investor expectations for the Janet Yellen-led Fed to raise its interest rate target at its next meeting, scheduled for Dec. 13-14. (AP Photo)

Fed members are likely ready for a December rate hike

Joseph Lawler · November 23, 2016 7:14 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said that she will fill out her term, regardless of the election results. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Yellen says she won’t step down, will serve through 2018

Joseph Lawler · November 17, 2016 3:56 pm