Markets alert for any new policy signal from Yellen
From marketwatch.com
Financial markets will be watching closely for any signal from new Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen that she’s contemplating policy changes even as economists think such a signal is highly unlikely. The House Financial Services Committee will release her prepared comments on the Fed’s semi-annual policy outlook at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, followed at 10 a.m. by a question-and-answer session with the panel. On Thursday, Yellen will face the Senate Banking Committee. “The last thing she wants to do is make comments that signal a shift in policy. Her chairmanship is ten days old. I don’t think she wants to do ...
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