Bonds

Bond Market’s Big Powell Rally Needs Supportive Data to March On

Jerome Powell arrives for a dinner during the Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, on Aug. 21.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Jerome Powell sent the US bond market up on Friday by telegraphing his Federal Reserve will resume reducing interest rates as soon as next month.

Beyond September, it’s up to the economy how much further he cuts — and how much more Treasuries can rally.