Yellen Backs ‘Lower for Longer’ Fed Rate Policy Amid Risks
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Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Janet Yellen said she favors holding the benchmark interest rate “lower for longer” while cautioning that some bond-market investors may be paying too much for higher yields.
The Fed vice chairman said the central bank’s low-rate policies are intended “to promote a return to prudent risk-taking” in credit markets. “Obviously, risk-taking can go too far,” Yellen said today at an International Monetary Fund panel discussion on monetary policy in Washington.