Morning Scan: Dimon Praised; Yellen on Bubble Popping

07/03/14

Yellen Holds on Low Rates: The Federal Reserve should not raise interest rates in order to battle financial bubbles, according to a speech delivered by the central bank's chairwoman Janet Yellen Wednesday. Her remarks suggest that the Fed is "more interested in having a resilient financial system that can cope when asset bubbles burst than it is in popping them through rate rises," the Financial Times reports. While monetary policy is an efficient means ofÂ...

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