Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen confirms expectations among businesses that an increase in interest rates is likely this year. The comments come during an exchange with Senator Dean…
Senator Warren asks about comments by Trump, and by the former #2 at Goldman Sachs turned Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn.
Sen. Sherrod Brown asks Yellen about racial disparities in the economy,vacancies at the Atlanta and Richmond Federal Reserve Banks, and the ongoing lack of diversity among presidents and…
Chair Yellen Long-term Assets MBS that maybe insolvent but are being paid by the taxpayer. Allow them to run off our B/S.
Yellen says "I believe we would have a much weaker economy" if we'd followed the Taylor Rule in the last few years.
Menendez asks about threats to the CFPB and comments about the fact that there has never been an African American or Latino Reserve Bank president in the Fed's history.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen cited lending data from NFIB's Small Business Economic Trends survey in Senate Banking Committee testimony on Tuesday.
Sen. Van Hollen asks whether reduced labor market slack would lead to wage growth
Tim Scott asks Janet Yellen about racial disparities across education attainment levels.