Janet Yellen

The U.S. Federal Reserve will be concluding its two-day FOMC meeting on Wednesday this week. According to the futures markets, the 30-day Fed funds rate is expected to rise by 25 basis points, bringing the short term interest rates to 1.25%…
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The FOMC members, Powell and Harker, are scheduled to speak today. The speeches from the Fed members mark a long list of Fed speeches delivered during the week. So far, FOMC members Kashkari and Powell gave their speeches including the Fed…
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With the EURUSD now looking to the fourth quarter of the year, the focus for investors will be whether the common currency can hold to the impressive gains made this year. The euro currency has been undoubtedly one of the top performing…
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The FOMC meeting this week will be interesting as the Fed is all set to announce its balance sheet reduction program. After starting with years of quantitative easing program to stimulate the economy, the Fed will soon start to unwind its…
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Many traders believe that today is a big day, and it will actually give them some clues about September Federal Reserve decision on whether to raise the interest rate again or not, depending on the upcoming Jobs Report, which will be…
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After five months of consecutive declines, reaching the lowest level since April of last year around 92.50’s, the US Dollar has been trading within a very tight range, with no clear break to the upside or the downside. Long-Term Support…
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If the markets are still talking about the “Sintra Accord”, then Jackson Hole is quite likely to bring with it some expectations. Not so long ago, central banks convened in Sintra, Portugal. Here, surprisingly many central bank chiefs came…
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The two-day FOMC meeting concluded yesterday with the release of the monetary policy statement. With no press conference scheduled, the markets were widely expected to see no changes. As expected the US Federal Reserve kept the policy rate…
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The Federal Reserve Bank will be holding its monetary policy meeting today. The central bank meeting is expected to see the fed funds rate remain unchanged at 1% - 1.25%. The probability of a rate hike is also extremely low, according to…
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Traders will be looking at the consumer price index data to be released today. According to economists polled, consumer prices are expected to rise 0.1% on the month. This would reverse the 0.1% decline seen in the previous month. On a year…
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