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The Oracle of D.C.: The papers offer varying interpretations of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. The New York Times says Yellen sought to give the central bank leeway in the timeline of its interest-rate increase. Fed officials could firm up plans to raise rates as soon as June at a March policy meeting, but "Yellen emphasized that patience remained the Fed's watchword, and that the persistence...
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