Comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen giving the the nineteenth annual Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture

from prepared text

Headlines via Reuters :

  • Says expects rate hike later this year
  • Rate-hike expectations based on continued falling unemployment, fading economic headwinds
  • FOMC does not expect recent global economic, financial developments to significantly affect policy path
  • Prudent to begin policy tightening 'in a timely fashion,' at gradual pace
  • Much of recent inflation shortfall due to special, likely transitory factors
  • Expects 2 pct inflation over next few years as temporary factors wane
  • Expects PCE inflation to rebound to 1.5 pct or higher next year depending on dollar, oil
  • Higher than natural employment level may be needed to reduce labor market slack
  • Modest decline in unemployment below long-run level could speed return to 2 pct inflation
  • Holding rates near zero too long risks abrupt tightening later on
  • Expects 'quite gradual' path of policy tightening
  • US economic prospects 'generally appear solid'

Full text is here: Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy

If you want to hear it delivered live (it still hasn't started yet), here

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I bolded a few points above, but I probably could have bolded it all

If I had to summarise that speech in 2 words they would be 'as expected'

Nothing new of note, hike this year, gradual path thereafter,

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USD strengthening (not huge, but across the board)

more to come