Yellen stands her ground on slack

If the release of the minutes of July’s FOMC meeting on Wednesday suggested that the Fed had takentwo steps closer to raising interest rates, then today’s speech by Fed Chair Janet Yellen at Jackson Holecould be interpreted as it taking one step back. Even so, we still expect that the first rate hike willcome in March next year.

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