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​Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 21, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Powell signals rate cuts, Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption push, Gaza starvation confirmed

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank could cut rates as soon as next month during his annual Jackson Hole address, pointing to a slowing labor market and the risk that tariffs could push prices higher.

Three presidents have visited the Federal Reserve before Donald Trump
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Graphic Truth: Donald Trump visits the Federal Reserve

Donald Trump is set to visit the US Federal Reserve building on Thursday to inspect its recent $2.5 billion structural renovation, amid an intensifying White House pressure campaign on Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

June 2025 inflation rate.
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Graphic Truth: Inflation accelerates in June

Inflation ticked up to 2.7% in June as the effects of tariffs took hold, potentially complicating Donald Trump’s economic playbook.

​Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor as screens broadcast a news conference by US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement on May 7, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, US Navy jets skid into the sea, The one-percent impact on the climate, Feathery “mass cannibalism” in South Africa

Does Trump want a weaker dollar?
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Does Trump want a weaker dollar?

His top economic adviser is the author of a plan to use US financial and military power to weaken the dollar. Can it work?

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024.
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US Fed cuts deep

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that growth was proceeding at a “solid rate” and that he didn’t expect an economic downturn.

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The Bland Bombshell and the Big Banks

Is there anyone more bland, more powerful, and less recognizable than Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell? He makes money moves more than Cardi B, and yet most people wouldn’t recognize him if he were sitting on their lap in the subway. Why do relatively obscure banker meetings matter? Fair question. It's precisely why our GZERO team in Washington is covering the IMF-World Bank spring meetings this week.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies to the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, DC.
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Central bankers forecast clouds, with a chance of rate cuts

Hopes for a break in the monetary policy clouds were frustrated this week as two North American central bankers said that interest rate cuts remain some way off.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks on at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Jackson Hole
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What’s the Fed’s next move?

Tomorrow morning, the man with the power to move markets will be center stage.

Fed chair Jerome Powell leaves after a news conference in Washington, DC.
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The Fed's last rate hike of 2023?

Maybe. But Jay Powell will want to keep his options open.