Wall Street, Jackson Hole and Jerome Powell
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The FTSE 100 and European stocks were higher on Friday as markets turn their attention to the much-anticipated speech by US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. He is set to speak
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Central Illinois Proud on MSNFed Chair Jerome Powell to give Jackson Hole speech as traders await cues on US monetary policy
Wall Street pointed modestly higher before the bell Friday as markets tried to snap a weeklong losing streak ahead of widely anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
The Fed chief is expected to address inflation, interest rates and the economy in his speech on Friday. Will he also confront President Trump’s attacks on central bank independence?
Investors are bracing for volatility as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell walks a fine line between curbing inflation and supporting the labor market, with thin August trading poised to magnify any market moves from his Jackson Hole speech on Friday.