Surveillance

Jerome Powell’s Fed Dictionary Somehow Fails to Include the Word ‘Hawkish’

In face of challenging data, the Fed chair offers a ‘we’ve got it’ message, Bill Dudley says

Chair Jerome Powell faces reporters in Washington after the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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This is a Federal Reserve chair who has a penchant for delivering verbal stimulus to bonds and stocks.