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Powell Heads to Congress With Fed Cut in Play: Testimony Preview
Jerome Powell is likely to leave Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts firmly on the table when he appears before Congress this week, even though the latest U.S. jobs report dialed down the urgency to ease borrowing costs. The Fed chairman, who has been hectored for months by President Donald Trump for not cutting rates, will probably repeat language from the Federal Open Market Committee’s June statement that it will “act as appropriate’’ to sustain the economic expansion -- reinforcing bets the central bank will cut at its July 30-31 meeting. Powell gives his semiannual monetary policy testimony at 10 a.m. ... (full story)
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