Don’t Call it a ‘Skip’: Powell Adjusts His Language on Fed Rate Pause

WATCH: Fed Chair Powell says don’t refer to this decision to pause interest rate hikes “a skip.”Source: Bloomberg
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“Skip” may be all the rage at the US central bank and on bond-trading floors across Wall Street, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is not a fan.

Powell corrected himself Wednesday during a press conference after referring to the Fed’s decision to pause interest-rate increases as a skip.