Powell, Fed and Jackson Hole
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Wall Street on Friday notched its best day since late May, sparked by Federal Reserve interest rate cut expectations. Fed chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium did not fully commit to cutting rates but did note that the downside risks to the labor market were increasing and that the "baseline outlook and the shifting
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to speak Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, at a Fed research conference. As always, traders will be listening for hints about what might happen with interest rates at next month’s Fed meeting. That’s as a weakening labor market sets the backdrop.