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Dollar starts the week with Fed-inspired gains

EghtesadOnline: The dollar stood tall in Asian trading on Monday, after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's upbeat comments on the U.S. economy prompted traders to raise their expectations of an interest rate increase.
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Publish Date: 29/August/2016 | 07:06

Yellen Imagines a Future Where Fed Tinkers With Inflation Target

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen raised the possibility that future policy makers might increase their inflation target and broaden the types of assets they can buy to enhance their ability to counteract a severe recession.
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Publish Date: 28/August/2016 | 08:59

Janet Yellen’s Jackson Hole Speech, Annotated

EghtesadOnline: The speech the world has been waiting for is finally here. At 10 a.m. Eastern Time in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is delivering a speech titled "The Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Toolkit."
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Publish Date: 28/August/2016 | 08:39

For the Fed's Yellen 'conventional' unconventional policy is enough

EghtesadOnline: For all the talk of a radical shift in central banking policy, from the permanent use of negative rates to helicopter money drops, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to believe she can tackle any future downturn using the tools currently at her disposal.
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Publish Date: 28/August/2016 | 06:55

Dollar range bound as investors await Yellen's Jackson Hole speech

EghtesadOnline: The dollar was steady on Thursday as investors stayed on the sidelines before the annual global central bankers' gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen may offer new pointers on U.S. monetary policy.
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Publish Date: 25/August/2016 | 10:48

Central bankers eye public spending to plug $1 trillion investment gap

EghtesadOnline: While markets wait for Janet Yellen's latest message about the direction of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve chief and her colleagues already have one for politicians: the U.S. economy needs more public spending to shift into higher gear.
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Publish Date: 25/August/2016 | 10:31

Dollar edges up, as investors wait on Fed, Jackson Hole

EghtesadOnline: The dollar edged up on Wednesday, moving off lows touched against the yen overnight, as markets looked to a gathering of global central bankers in Wyoming for clues on whether the Federal Reserve is poised to hike interest rates again.
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Publish Date: 24/August/2016 | 07:37

Asia stocks edge up amid Fed lull, oil slips

EghtesadOnline: Asia shares inched ahead while oil fell for a second session on Tuesday, as investors awaited guidance on whether the Federal Reserve will raise U.S. interest rates this year.
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Publish Date: 23/August/2016 | 06:12

Fed close to hitting job and inflation targets: Fischer

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve is close to hitting its targets for full employment and 2 percent inflation, the Fed's No. 2 policymaker said on Sunday in comments that did not address when the U.S. central bank should next raise interest rates.
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Publish Date: 22/August/2016 | 09:35

Asian shares drop, dollar gains as investors await Fed hike signal

EghtesadOnline: Asian shares slipped on Monday, while the dollar lifted off last week's lows on expectations a signal might emerge from a Federal Reserve gathering this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that the U.S. central bank is gearing up to hike interest rates.
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Publish Date: 22/August/2016 | 09:09

Treasuries Decline With Stocks After Hawkish Williams Remarks

EghtesadOnline: The debate over the path for U.S. interest rates heightened as hawkish comments from another Federal Reserve regional chief sent Treasuries and stocks slumping, while spurring dollar gains.
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Publish Date: 22/August/2016 | 06:33

Stock rotation to continue as Fed seen open to 2016 hike

EghtesadOnline: The rotation to cyclical sectors of the S&P 500 and away from defensive stocks could continue next week if Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen strikes a tone more welcoming to an interest rate increase later this year.
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Publish Date: 20/August/2016 | 07:28

Futures flat as minutes show Fed divided over rate

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Thursday, a day after the minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting showed policymakers were divided over whether to raise interest rates in the near-term.
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Publish Date: 18/August/2016 | 24:43

Gaining confidence, Fed officials eye interest rate hike this year

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve is raising expectations for an interest rate rise this year, even as early as next month, after two policymakers on Tuesday said the economic stars now appear to be aligning despite weak U.S. economic growth in the first half of 2016.
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Publish Date: 17/August/2016 | 09:22