Fed changes forward guidance

Yellen: FOMC ‘can be patient' in normalising monetary policy

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Janet Yellen

The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) has tweaked its guidance on interest rates, saying it "can be patient" in normalising monetary policy rather than wait for a "considerable time".

It delivered by Fed chair Janet Yellen at a press conference yesterday following the FOMC's final meeting of the year.

Yellen said the new language "better reflects the committee's focus on economic conditions that would make lift-off appropriate" following the end to the Fed's monthly asset purchases

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