...mandate and would be a grave mistake, detrimental to the economy and the American people.” Janet Yellen While Yellen claimed in the letter that the FORM Act would make it...
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Forecasters Predict GDP Growth Will Slow Down in 2016 and 2017
...cited by Fed Chairman Janet Yellen as a source for better understanding the labor market beyond traditional metrics. “While it would seem good that the number of openings is increasing,...
Read More »Stellar October Jobs Report Sets Stage for December Rate Liftoff
...by Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen before Congress that a short-term rate hike was likely in December if the October and November jobs reports were strong. “As disappointing as last...
Read More »DS News Webcast: Thursday 11/5/2015
...Chairman Janet Yellen testified before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning to discuss supervision and regulation among U.S. financial institutions, but the looming interest rate hike was the subject...
Read More »Fed Chair Yellen Hints at Possible December Rate Hike in Congressional Testimony
...pressing concerns surrounding banks including regulation, stress testing, interest rates, compliance, community banks, and a host of other topics. Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen Chair Yellen began her testimony...
Read More »Senators Call Federal Regulators to Action on Zombie Foreclosures
...nation’s 20,000 zombie properties (one-fifth) are in the Garden State. Menendez and Booker, both Democrats from New Jersey, addressed HUD Secretary Julián Castro, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen, Comptroller of...
Read More »Ask the Economist: How Have Zero Interest Rates Affected the Housing Industry?
...going up sizably—more than 25 basis points. Janet Yellen, Chair of the Board of Governors Federal Reserve System Do you think that will drive the homeownership rate down? It's already...
Read More »San Francisco Fed President Says Rate Hike Later in 2015 Would Be ‘Appropriate’
...rate hike will occur before the end of the year, however. Janet Yellen, Chair of the Board of Governors Federal Reserve System "While the policy normalization process didn’t begin with...
Read More »Fed Keeps Federal Funds Target Rate At Zero to 1/4 Percent
...seen some further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent objective over the medium term. Fed Chairman Janet Yellen...
Read More »U.S. Sen. Brown Calls for Action Against ‘Zombie Debts’ on Credit Reports
...families are inadvertently being denied access to homeownership." In early August, Brown wrote a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, Federal Deposit Insurance...
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