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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been under pressure from President Trump to lower the central bank's benchmark interest rate.
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If inflation starts climbing again after a rate cut, “the Fed will have to reverse course — and in the worst case, start hiking again,” Slok said.
Brent Donnelly of Spectra Markets ran a sizeable survey of expectations for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech, and of the 473 responses, 51% expect a neutral-to-boring outcome and 43% see a hawkish tint.
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World shares are mixed as traders await cues on U.S. monetary policy from Jackson Hole meeting
World shares are mixed after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss, and as traders look for cues about U.S. monetary policy from a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming