Federal Reserve press conference, 2016-03-16 — Chair Janet Yellen

Question (Kate Davidson, Wall Street Journal): Thank you. Kate Davidson from the Wall Street Journal. Madam Chair, you’ve emphasized repeatedly that every meeting of the FOMC is a live meeting. You have a meeting next month. Is it possible that you could get enough information between now and then to, you know, get you comfortable with raising rates again in April, and what would you need to see?
Answer: So I will say again that every meeting is a live meeting. April remains a live meeting, and we will be tracking incoming data. It’s a slightly shorter period. We have six weeks, but there will be additional data on the labor market and on various factors that pertain to inflation. So that’s, you know, that’s—that is certainly a live possibility.