The Latest Breaking News from Jerome Powell

The economic data is difficult to parse, and that means Powell’s speech has become correspondingly more difficult to foretell.

Bank officials signal readiness to start interest rate-cutting cycle to ease pressure on households and businesses

Investors appear to have gotten over the turmoil that beset trading floors this month as a string of data suggested that worries of a US recession had been overdone.

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are down -0.02%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are down -0.21% this morning as investors looked ahead to the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole, and earnings reports from…

The release of the Fed minutes on Wednesday and Chair Jerome Powell's speech on Friday are expected to be key in influencing markets throughout the week.

Asian stocks are mixed as investors ponder the upcoming meeting of the Federal Reserve, while Wall Street coasted to the close of its best week since November with a slight uptick in U.S. stocks Friday

Asian markets mostly rose Monday following last week's strong performance, with traders focused on a closely followed meeting of central bank chiefs where the Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell is due to deliver a key speech.

Presidential candidates, bankers and economists will all be keen to hear what the Fed chair foresees for interest rates

Prices rose at an annual rate of 2.9% in July, as inflation dipped below 3% for the first time since 2021

If the Federal Reserve needs any further evidence that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily easing, it’s likely to come Wednesday, when the government is expected to report that inflation cooled further last month

Ohioan senator JD Vance, argues monetary policy—which includes interest rates—should "fundamentally be a political decision."