Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole Speech
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Powell’s speech comes amid unprecedented pressure from the White House aimed at getting the central bank to lower borrowing costs.
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.