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US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (Photo: Reuters)

US Fed chief Janet Yellen signals gradual interest rate hikes starting 2015

by Ann Saphir |Mar 28, 2015

A downturn in core inflation or wage growth in US could force the Federal Reserve to delay the increase to borrowing costs, US Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday.

US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (Photo: Reuters)

US Federal Reserve may raise interest rates in mid-2015

by Ann Saphir |Oct 10, 2014

The central bank's only official guidance on the timing is that it would wait a "considerable time" after bond-buying ends, as indicated by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at Capitol Hill in Washington(Photo: Reuters)

US Fed may decide on new interest rate tool this week

by Jonathan Spicer |Sep 17, 2014

The US Fed's policy-setting committee decided that its chair - now Janet Yellen - would approve any subsequent changes to the new rate during the testing of the tool.

US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen. PHOTO: Reuters

Fed officials rush to clarify timing of US policy tightening

by Jonathan Spicer |Mar 26, 2014

Top Federal Reserve officials are rushing to clarify just when the US central bank would finally tighten monetary policy after comments last week from Fed Chair Janet Yellen intensified a guessing gam...

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen

Fed may raise rates as soon as next spring, Yellen suggests

by Krista Hughes |Mar 20, 2014

The US Federal Reserve will probably end its massive bond-buying programme this fall, and could start raising interest rates around six months later, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday, in a...