Yellen: Stock prices 'quite high'
Fed chief says volatility of financial markets could rise when the benchmark interest rate is raised
Washington
JANET Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, said on Wednesday that stock prices were "quite high", stronger language than she had used previously.
Ms Yellen reiterated the Fed's view that risks to financial stability remained modest, despite years of near-zero interest rates, in part because there had not been a marked increase in the use of borrowed money, or leverage, to fund investments.
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