Goldman’s Yellen Press Conference Post-Mortem: “Few Surprises”

BOTTOM LINE: There were few surprises from Fed Chair Yellen’s post-FOMC press conference.

MAIN POINTS:

1. Yellen made two slightly dovish remarks on labor market developments. First, she stated directly that she felt the slow increase in wages was indicative of labor market slack. Second, she said that her own personal view was that there was a “meaningful” cyclical shortfall in participation, when asked about a recent paper by some Fed authors indicating otherwise.

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