News about Jerome Powell, Fed

Asked about the level of inflation, Federal Reserve Chair Powell responds "3% cannot be in a sentence with satisfactory." What if 3% turns out to be closer to the equilibrium inflation rate for a US economy (i) going through major structural changes, several of which are…

It is happening again: Fed Chair Powell's press conference has fueled significant market moves (see arrow in Bloomberg's 2-year yield chart below) as both the content and the tone of his remarks are notably more dovish than how the markets had interpreted the statement itself.… pic.twitter.com/jMtUCAAdvP

Takeaways from the Powell presser: -There's a high bar right now for the Fed to cut rates, but there's an even higher bar for the Fed to resume rate hikes -He's still expecting inflation to come down, in large part because of the shelter disinflation everyone has expected

Powell: "I think it’s unlikely that the next policy rate move will be a hike."