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Yellen can turn to Fed forecasts

As Janet Yellen seeks to forge a consensus on a new strategy for communicating the Federal Reserves intention to keep rates low, she can reach for a six-year-old old tool: the Feds quarterly forecasts.

By Joshua Zumbrun and Craig Torres | Updated on February 24, 2014

Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — As Janet Yellen seeks to forge a consensus on a new strategy for communicating the Federal Reserve’s intention to keep rates low, she can reach for a six-year-old old tool: the Fed’s quarterly forecasts.

Policy makers plan to abandon their promise to hold interest rates near zero at least as long as unemployment remains above 6.5 percent, according to minutes of their January meeting. With the jobless rate dropping to 6.6 percent and the economy still in need of support from the Fed, the strategy is nearly obsolete.

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