Janet Yellen

Market volatility returns in full force

Lukman Otunuga
February 17, 2017
Stock markets were explosively volatile this week, with most areas sprinting into record levels as the mixture of stabilizing oil prices and improving economic data across the globe boosted risk appetite.

Market surprisingly rallies to new highs

Daniel P. Collins
February 16, 2017
Dan Collins, editor-in-chief at Modern Trader magazine, discusses how the Dow has more than tripled since the credit crisis of 2009.

Dollar notches longest run of gains in five years before CPI data

Patrick Graham, Reuters
February 15, 2017
The dollar chalked up its 11th straight daily rise on Wednesday, as investors' focus moved to inflation data in the United States for more support for the idea of a rise in Federal Reserve interest rates next month.

Fed likely to keep rates steady as it awaits Trump economic plan

Lindsay Dunsmuir, Reuters
January 31, 2017
The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in its first policy decision since President Donald Trump took office, as the central bank awaits greater clarity on his economic policies.

Trumponomics may be wrong medicine for U.S. economy today

Howard Schneider, Reuters
January 20, 2017
Tax cuts, deregulation and more federal spending advocated by the incoming Trump administration are a classic remedy for economic stagnation and long unemployment lines.

Trump vs. Yellen and Draghi vs. Weidmann

Hussein Sayed
January 19, 2017
The battle between Bundesbank's Weidmann and Draghi on when to end the loose monetary policy.

Yellen speech bolsters dollar after Trump's mixed messages

Patrick Graham, Reuters
January 19, 2017
The dollar held firm against most of its major rivals on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen promised a "few" rises in U.S interest rates this year, halting its worst run in five months.

Yellen speech bolsters dollar after Trump's mixed messages

Patrick Graham, Reuters
January 19, 2017
The dollar held firm against most of its major rivals on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen promised a "few" rises in U.S interest rates this year, halting its worst run in five months.

U.S. consumer prices post largest gain in six months

Lucia Mutikani, Reuters
November 17, 2016
U.S. consumer prices recorded their biggest increase in six months in October on rising gasoline costs and rents, suggesting a pickup in inflation that potentially clears the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December.

Trump fuelled rally stalled as Yellen takes the hot seat

Hussein Sayed
November 17, 2016
After a robust surge in U.S. financial, industrial, and health care stocks post the U.S. elections sent the Dow Jones industrial average to new record high, the rally lost momentum on Wednesday as investors took a breather, and Trump’s effect started showing signs of waning.