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Ann Saphir

ARTICLES BY ANN SAPHIR

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (AP)

US inflation rises to 3.2%, dampens hope of Fed's interest-rate cut until June

2 min read . 12 Mar 2024

US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives to hold a news conference after Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point in Washington. (REUTERS)

The Fed's latest rate hike: 5 ways Americans may feel the pain

4 min read . 22 Sept 2022

FOMC members also agreed on a set of principles for ‘significantly reducing’ the size of the Fed's massive asset holdings by limiting how much of the principal from maturing bonds it would reinvest each month (Photo: AFP)

Fed flags rate hike 'soon,' plans for 'significantly reducing' balance sheet

2 min read . 27 Jan 2022

US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S. (REUTERS)

Fed's Powell vows to stop inflation from becoming 'entrenched'

2 min read . 11 Jan 2022

The one-third of Fed bank directors picked by commercial banks to represent their interests is 69% male and 92% white, with not a single non-white woman (Photo: Reuters)

US central bankers are mostly white men. The Fed wants to change that

5 min read . 09 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaking during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo (REUTERS)

Viral surge, fiscal fight may sway US voters more than data

2 min read . 09 Oct 2020

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (REUTERS)

Fed's Powell: rates to stay low for 'however long it takes'

2 min read . 05 Sept 2020

The US Federal Reserve’s gradual path of rate increases will hinge on a continued pickup in inflation, which has lingered below target despite a strong job market. Photo: Bloomberg

Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees inflation rising this year

2 min read . 01 Feb 2018

Janet Yellen, chair of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during the National Association for Business Economics annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg

US Fed should continue gradual rate hikes despite weak inflation: Janet Yellen

3 min read . 27 Sept 2017

Federal Reserve officials at three-day conference that ended Saturday said they need to consider new policy tools for use down the road, such as raising the inflation target or even Fed purchases of non-government-backed assets like corporate debt. Photo: Reuters

As Federal Reserve nears rate hikes, policymakers plan for ‘brave new world’

3 min read . 28 Aug 2016

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that the Fed still thinks future rate increases should be ‘gradual.’ Photo: Reuters

Janet Yellen says case for Fed interest rate hike has strengthened

2 min read . 26 Aug 2016

Traders of U.S.-interest rate futures even began to price in a small chance of a Fed rate cut, and now see little chance of any rate hike until the end of next year. Photo: Reuters

Brexit vote means US Federal Reserve stays put

3 min read . 25 Jun 2016

A file photo of Janet Yellen, chair of the US Federal Reserve. Photo: Bloomberg

Janet Yellen makes ‘uncertainty’ new mantra as market doubts Fed view

4 min read . 21 Jun 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

Fed seen holding rates this week with hike still on horizon

3 min read . 25 Apr 2016

Both Fed chair Janet Yellen and New York Fed chief William Dudley suggested this week that rate rises were still on the cards, pointing to the underlying health of the US economy. Photo: AFP

Fed’s dot plot looks increasingly out of touch on rates

3 min read . 14 Feb 2016

The Fed is widely seen increasing its benchmark overnight interest rate at its 15-16 December policy meeting, and the debate is already shifting to the pace of rate hikes going forward. Photo: Bloomberg

Fed’s top official sees strong case for December interest-rate hike

1 min read . 23 Nov 2015

A file photo of JohnWilliams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, who agreed that central bankers should try to be as transparent as possible. Photo: Reuters

Pssst, want to play the market? Count the Fed leak weeks - study

2 min read . 22 Nov 2015

A file photo of Janet Yellen, chair of the US Federal Reserve.Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Fed’s Yellen sees gradual rate hikes starting this year

3 min read . 28 Mar 2015

Robin Williams, 63, was found dead by his personal assistant at midday on Monday in a bedroom. Photo: Reuters

Robin Williams hanged himself with a belt at home

3 min read . 13 Aug 2014

Prices for US stocks and government bonds added to earlier losses triggered by fresh Fed forecasts that showed policymakers are inclined to raise rates a bit more aggressively than they had been just a few months ago. Photo: Reuters

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

4 min read . 20 Mar 2014