Jackson Hole, Jerome Powell and Fed
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The annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium takes place later this week. It will attract policymakers from around the world and feature highly anticipated remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
The Federal Reserve chairman is under bombardment from Donald Trump and battling an insurgency within the central bank as he heads to Jackson Hole.
Jerome Powell has the ideal platform Friday to deliver a clear signal the Federal Reserve is about to resume cutting interest rates. But the economy isn’t giving him an equally clear signal that now is the time.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Friday is being billed as a pivotal, "make-or-break" moment for the central bank's more dovish contingent.
The Nasdaq fell as megacaps lost, after having rallied for much of the year. Nvidia fell 3.5%, the biggest drop in nearly four months.
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Powell has used Jackson Hole to battle inflation and buoy jobs; he's now caught between both
Incoming information has confounded Fed Chair Jerome Powell's data-dependent strategy by pulling in both directions.
In a note to clients Thursday, Wolfe Research analysts warned that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell could deliver a hawkish message at next week’s Jackson Hole Symposium, potentially unsettling equity markets.
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