Fed’s Powell says ‘time has come’ to lower interest rates – One America News Network

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August 23, 2024 – 8:08 AM PDT

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell heads into the opening dinner at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday offered an explicit endorsement of interest rate cuts, saying further cooling in the job market would be unwelcome and expressing confidence that inflation was within reach of the U.S. central bank’s 2% target.

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“The upside risks to inflation have diminished. And the downside risks to employment have increased,” Powell said in a highly anticipated speech to the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “The time has come for policy to adjust. The direction of travel is clear, and the timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on…

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