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Fed Chair Powell’s Remarks Friday at Jackson Hole (Full Text)
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during the Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, on Aug. 21.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergThe following is a reformatted version of prepared remarks titled “Monetary Policy and the Fed’s Framework Review,” which Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is delivering Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming:
Over the course of this year, the U.S. economy has shown resilience in a context of sweeping changes in economic policy. In terms of the Fed’s dual-mandate goals, the labor market remains near maximum employment, and inflation, though still somewhat elevated, has come down a great deal from its post-pandemic highs. At the same time, the balance of risks appears to be shifting.