Economics

Powell Says Fed ‘Very Carefully’ Monitoring Coronavirus Impact

  • Says virus to cause some disruption to Chinese economy
  • Very uncertain about how far it will spread, Powell says
Powell says the Fed is carefully monitoring the situation around the spread of the coronavirus.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the outbreak of the coronavirus will likely hit the Chinese economy and could spill wider, but it was too early to judge what impact it would have on the U.S.