Eco Week Ahead
Prospect of Second Big Fed Cut Hinges on Powell and Jobs Report
- Slowing inflation data expected from euro zone to South Korea
- Colombia set to cut rates, Poland and Iceland to hold
Jerome Powell addresses economists on Monday, and may hint at the Federal Reserve's appetite for further rate cuts.
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The appetite of Federal Reserve policymakers for another large interest-rate cut in November may come into better focus in the coming week as Jerome Powell addresses economists and the government issues new employment numbers.
The Fed chair will discuss the US economic outlook at a National Association for Business Economics conference on Monday. At the end of the week, the September jobs report is expected to show a healthy, yet moderating, labor market.