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Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen will join the Brookings Institution as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies program, effective Feb. 5.
February 2 -
Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell was confirmed with broad bipartisan support in the Senate to take the helm of the U.S. central bank when Chair Janet Yellen’s term ends Feb. 3.
January 24 -
A gradual path of rate increases is likely to remain warranted, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen reiterated Wednesday, noting that she is “personally concerned” about U.S. debt level.
December 13 -
The Federal Open Market Committee raised the federal funds target rate 25 basis points to a range of 1.25% to 1.50%, the Fed announced Wednesday.
December 13 -
Marvin Goodfriend, a noted economist and former Richmond Fed official, was tapped to fill one of three vacancies on the Fed board.
November 29 -
Blaming “transitory factors” for low inflation rates, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday she expects gradual fed funds rate increases for “the next few years.”
November 29 -
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen cautioned that raising interest rates too quickly risked stranding inflation below the U.S. central bank’s 2% target.
November 22 -
Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen will resign as a member of the Fed’s Board of Governors when Jerome Powell is sworn in as chair, the Fed announced Monday.
November 20 -
More transparent communication on monetary policy intentions is effective and probably here to stay, according to four of the world’s most-powerful central bankers.
November 14 -
In a rare public admission of frustration, Janet Yellen chided fellow Federal Reserve policy makers who breach the carefully nurtured collegiality of the bank by staking out policy positions before bothering to hearing the views of their colleagues.
November 14