Janet Yellen speaking again

At the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (live link here: The Economic Outlook and Conduct of Monetary Policy)

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Yellen spoke Tuesday (US time) ... The key takeaway was Yellen said the economy was close to Federal Reserve goals & so it makes sense to gradually raise interest rates.

Headlines:

Recaps here from the major wires:

And the Wall Street Journal (may be gated):

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I don't imagine she will have altered her view on the economy nor policy in the meantime, so expect more of the same.

I saw someone in the comments saying 2017 was not going to be the year of the central banker, but rather the year of the politician (moving markets). Got that right I reckon!