Fed Chair Jerome Powell to give Jackson Hole speech
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Wall Street rallied on Friday morning after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's signaled a rate cut could be on the horizon.
Powell’s speech comes amid unprecedented pressure from the White House aimed at getting the central bank to lower borrowing costs.
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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.
Gold edged down as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole gathering for clues on the path for US interest rates.Bullion traded around $3,340 an ounce, paring some of the gains made on Wednesday when President Donald Trump’s call for Fed Governor Lisa Cook to resign bolstered haven demand.