Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell played down any impressions Wednesday that the central bank was looking ahead to cushion economic weakness from President Trump’s tariffs by cutting rates. At a news conference, he used some version of the word “wait” 22 times to underscore how the Fed isn’t in a rush. “The costs of waiting to see further are fairly low, we think, so that’s what we’re doing,” Powell said. Powell’s comments, delivered after the Fed agreed to extend its pause on interest rates, laid bare how Trump’s unpredictable and mercurial trade announcements have opened up a divide in monetary policy between the ... (full story)