Surveillance

Fed’s Downside Risk Begins as Soon as Jerome Powell 'Opens His Mouth’

He may want to be boring, but saying anything still ends up sending a signal to markets

All eyes will swing tomorrow to Jerome Powell — shown above at his April 10 fireside chat in Washington — when the Federal Reserve chair holds his post-meeting news conference.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg

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