Janet Yellen

Federal Reserve policymakers say they do not fixate on single economic reports when it comes to interest-rate...

The US private sector created more jobs in August than economists had forecast, driven by the services sector, payroll...

It’s another wait-and-watch week in the US. Investors sat on the sidelines for much of last week as they waited for...

Central bankers gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the annual Federal Reserve symposium on economics are in a...

European stock markets are tracking a mostly positive Asian session as Wall Street sits just shy of record levels amid...

Japanese shares are trending lower in early trade as the yen began to strengthen ahead of the stock market open and...

Monday 5:25pm BST. Wall Street started the week on a positive note, as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s confidence...

Paths previously perceived as unthinkable have, of late, developed a habit of becoming well-trodden, particularly as...

The shares of US banks have risen by more than 2 per cent over the past two trading days, outpacing the broader market,...

I had high hopes of the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole conference. The conference was billed as a forum that...

It’s a holiday in the UK, so it’s not worth reading too much into what the markets are up to. Still, it’s notable that...

The most far reaching speech at the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole meeting last week was not the opening address by...

September is shaping up to be a potentially HUGE month for central bankers, with a possible rate rise from the Federal...

European bond yields crept higher and stocks across the continent slipped in trading thinned by a holiday in the UK, as...

Japanese stocks were on track for their best gain in more than a month, with exporters receiving a boost from a weaker...

Japanese shares are heading for their biggest one-day gain in a month-and-a-half as the weaker yen provides a boost for...

The Japanese stock markets today look set to rise in the wake of last Friday’s highly-anticipated speech from Janet...

As the world’s central banking elite gathered at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Janet Yellen provided the assurances that many...

Financial markets took a ride on the Federal Reserve rollercoaster on Friday, as comments from senior officials at the...

Gold prices gyrated and shares in gold miners advanced on Friday following a string of speeches by top Federal Reserve...

Investors are going to spend next week mulling over whether the Federal Reserve will move to raise rates when it meets...

What’s it going to take then? For a little while it looked like Federal Reserve policymakers’ argument that the case...

The odds of a Federal Reserve rate rise next month climbed on Friday to the highest level since early June as investors...

Janet Yellen opened the festivities at this year’s Jackson Hole economic symposium by musing on what central bankers...

Where is the fed funds rate heading? The chart above shows a median estimate for the future path of interest rates in...

A look at the market reaction and it seems as if many investors have taken Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s...

In her long-awaited speech, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen touched upon a much-talked about part of current...

Gold has taken a tumble, falling for the fifth consecutive day as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the case for...

Janet Yellen has said the case for an increase in short-term interest rates has strengthened recently amid firm jobs...

The US dollar climbed after Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said that the argument for a rate rise has...

Arguments for a second increase in short-term interest rates have strengthened amid firm jobs growth in the US, the...

US stock-index futures were modestly lower ahead of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s speech at the Jackson Hole...

The US economy grew at a slightly slower rate than initially forecast in the second quarter, underscoring the weak...

European and US equity gauges are trading cautiously in seasonally thin markets as investors wait to see if a...

It is thin pickings on the corporate front this morning but results from Restaurant Group have given investors...

A stronger yen, as data showed Japan sank further into deflationary territory, weighed on Japanese exporters on Friday...

Not even a recovery in oil prices could prop up stocks overnight as investors stuck to the sidelines ahead of a...