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Janet Yellen, former US Federal Reserve chair. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Janet Yellen sees no US recession, says Fed won't cut in 2019

2 min read . 29 Mar 2019

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Photo: Bloomberg

Jerome Powell hints Fed open to pause, says won’t quit if Trump asks

4 min read . 05 Jan 2019

Powell’s Fed hiked rates four times last year. Photo: Reuters

Jerome Powell pledges flexible Fed policy, won’t quit if Trump asks him

3 min read . 04 Jan 2019

Janet Yellen, former US Federal Reserve chair. Photo: Bloomberg

Janet Yellen may know economics, but what does she know about Harvard?

1 min read . 27 Oct 2018

Fed officials’ preferred inflation gauge has been below 2% throughout most of the last six years. Prices rose 1.7% in the 12 months through December, according to the Commerce Department index. Photo: Bloomberg

Fed staff pondered inflation puzzle and came away none the wiser

2 min read . 22 Feb 2018

Ousted from the White House in August, Steve Bannon subsequently toyed with urging Donald Trump to reappoint Janet Yellen as Fed chair but he chose Jerome Powell. Photo: Reuters

Steve Bannon wanted Janet Yellen to stay Fed chair, calling her ‘my girl’

1 min read . 13 Feb 2018

Jerome Powell succeeds Janet Yellen, the first woman to lead the US Federal Reserve in its 100-year history. Photo: AFP

Jerome Powell sworn in as 16th chairman of Federal Reserve

2 min read . 05 Feb 2018

Janet Yellen was the first woman to lead the US Federal Reserve. Photo: AP

Janet Yellen says disappointed not to get a second term as Fed chair

1 min read . 05 Feb 2018

A file photo of US Fed chairman Jerome Powell. Photo: Reuters

Jerome Powell takes over as Fed chairman with economy primed to heat up

4 min read . 05 Feb 2018

Janet Yellen stepped down as Fed chief on Saturday after one term, after US President Donald Trump opted to replace her with Republican Jerome Powell. Photo: AP

Janet Yellen says prices ‘high’ for stocks, commercial real estate

2 min read . 05 Feb 2018

A file photo of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen. Her last working day will be Friday. Photo: AP

Janet Yellen, Fed’s first woman chair, gets emotional farewell

1 min read . 02 Feb 2018

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

A file photo: Jerome Powell waits to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on his nomination to become chairman of the US Federal Reserve in Washington, on 28 November 2017. Photo: Reuters

Jerome Powell approved by Senate to succeed Janet Yellen as Fed chair

3 min read . 24 Jan 2018

(Left to right) Governor of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda, US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and president of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi. Photo: Reuters

Raghuram Rajan | Central banks’ year of reckoning

12 min read . 01 Jan 2018

Janet Yellen could have gone down in history in a better way had she persuaded herself and her colleagues to raise the Federal funds rate by 50 basis points. Photo: Bloomberg

An unsurprising swan song

4 min read . 19 Dec 2017

Federal Reserve Board chair Janet Yellen during a briefing at the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP

Emerging market laggards await reality check as Federal Reserve veil lifts

3 min read . 15 Dec 2017

Federal Reserve chairperson Janet Yellen. Photo: AP

US Fed goes for 25 bps rate hike in Janet Yellen’s last policy meeting

3 min read . 14 Dec 2017

Economists see the US economy beginning to pick up in ways that weren’t evident in mid-2017. Photo: Mint

US growth pickup to spur earlier Fed hike in 2018, survey shows

3 min read . 11 Dec 2017

The 10-year bond yield closed at 7.175%, a level last seen on 3 August 2016, compared to its previous close of 7.09%. Photo: Mint

10-year bond yield hits fresh 16-month high, rupee strengthens against US dollar

2 min read . 11 Dec 2017

US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has said that it can be dangerous if inflation drifts down and over time the central bank is not able to achieve the inflation target. Photo: Bloomberg

Policy balance

1 min read . 24 Nov 2017