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Fed Chair Powell set to deliver big Jackson Hole speech Friday. Here's what Wall Street expects
Powell is set to deliver what almost certainly will be his last keynote address at the central bank's annual conclave.
Since 1982, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has hosted a conference in Jackson Hole. The Fed chair usually speaks at the event, and, as with any public speech from Powell, investors will pore through his remarks to glean whether the Federal Reserve will cut rates.
Some market participants will have in their minds Powell’s Jackson Hole comments in 2022, when the Fed Chair delivered what Emanuel calls his stern inflation-is-job #1-and-we-are-just-going-to-keep-hiking speech. Stocks did not react well to that.
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.