Fed: Yellen does not hide fear Brexit

The Fed Chairman, Janet Yellen is in favor of a gradual increase in interest rates, considering it appropriately, but does not specify a time within which to implement it.

"The monthly data on the labor market is an important indicator. We will continue to follow the trend of the labor market carefully," Yellen said, stressing that the current level of monetary policy is "appropriate to support the economy and encourage further improvements in the labor market, which will help inflation return to the 2% ".

"I still believe that rates will rise gradually over time to ensure price stability and maximum sustainable employment in the long term", Yellen highlights . "I believe that the positive forces that sustain employment growth and inflation will continue to weigh more than the negative ones. I expect the continuous economic expansion, with the labor market still improve and that GDP will grow."

For Yellen the specter of Brexit weighs on the next meeting of the US central bank, scheduled just days before. The alarm for a possible victory of the "party" that wants to bid farewell to the EU is in addition to fears reaffirmed by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who has called the Brexit as a '' bomb under our economy ''.