...low as 6.0 percent. In a press conference following the release of the committee's statement, Fed Chair Janet Yellen explained the revision comes as a result of better than expected...
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...New York, Richmond, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, and San Francisco Districts, yet modest in the remaining regions. Wednesday's summary reinforces comments by Fed Chair Janet Yellen in which she forecast a...
Read More »Beige Book: Economic Conditions Improved Since Q1 2014
...City district, the Fed reported. Wednesday's summary reinforces comments offered by Fed Chair Janet Yellen recently in which she forecast a faster pace of expansion as "financial conditions remain supportive...
Read More »Mortgage Rates Increase Slightly to 4.33%
...Chair Janet Yellen’s comments about inflation remaining too low is helping to keep a lid on bond yields and mortgage rates,” the finance site said in a release. With Fed...
Read More »Fed: Economic Activity Increases Due to Better Weather
...Yellen took the stage at the Economic Club of New York. One of the biggest takeaways from Yellen’s speech was a projection of maximum employment—5.2 to 5.6 percent—by the end...
Read More »Interest Rates Jump from Comments by the Fed
Mortgage rates jumped up this week, propelled by remarks made at Janet Yellen’s first press conference as Federal Reserve chair. In its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey, Freddie Mac reported...
Read More »Fed Could Spur Slumping Mortgage Rates
...short-term interest rates at record lows, there were no bombshells in [Fed Chair Janet] Yellen's initial meeting at the helm of the Fed," Bankrate said in a release. "While investors...
Read More »Fed Continues Cut Back Despite Possible Slowdown
...latest committee statement, Fed Chair Janet Yellen remarked that while the 6.5 percent mark “had a very useful impact in helping markets understand our expectations and shaping their own,” its...
Read More »Zillow Marks Upward Trend in Mortgage Rates
...on Thursday. The 4.18 percent mortgage rate reported by Zillow is an increase from previous week's rate of 4.14 percent. "Last week, rates rose briefly when comments by Janet Yellen,...
Read More »Experts Predict Level Playing Field as Investors Withdraw
...the end of 2014—“and the current pace of tapering will get us there,” said Pulsenomics founder Terry Loebs. “Of course, whether Janet Yellen’s Fed will maintain the current pace as...
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