#Fed Statement – Rates increase for 2016

Just like my analysis mention last week, the Fed does not expect a rate raise this year.

The Fed chair told a congressional committee that the Fed is preparing to consider increases “on a meeting-by-meeting basis,” a subtle change that helps to lay a foundation for the central bank’s first rate hike since 2006, although the timing of the liftoff was still in question. Yellen’s second day of testimony is set to begin at 10 a.m.