Free Trade Is Preferable, Powell Says
Powell said he agreed that countries that pursue free-trade policies enjoy faster economic growth and higher consumer incomes ...
Fed's Powell: Free trade makes sense, but Fed's job is only to react
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Tuesday the argument for free trade still makes sense but added ...
Fed's Powell, quizzed about trade, Musk, and bank safety, says economy is fine
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in his first appearance before Congress since the inauguration, vouched for the ...
Powell on tariffs: Free trade 'logically makes sense' if nations play by the rules
Is Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell a free trader who believes low tariffs are good for the U.S. economy? He sure is, and acknowledged as much in Senate testimony on Tuesday. In 2018, Powell sai ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell in no hurry to cut rates because the economy is ‘strong overall’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Tuesday the argument for free trade still makes sense but added that it was not the role of the central bank to comment on tariff or trade policy ...
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Fed’s Powell sidesteps Trump’s tariff policies, repeats support for free trade
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell trod carefully Tuesday around questions about President Donald Trump’s new trade and financial policies, saying he still believes economies function best ...
Powell Senate testimony: Fewer interest-rate cuts seen in wake of hearing
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will answer questions from members of the Senate Banking Committee starting at 10 a.m.
Dollar falls as tariff concerns ease, Fed's Powell stays patient on rate cuts
The U.S. dollar fell on Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank was in no rush to cut its ...
Key takeaways from Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional hearing
America’s central bank is in no rush to slash interest rates any time soon, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers Tuesday. Powell also faced a barrage of questions about the Consumer ...
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Fed's Powell, quizzed about trade, Musk, and bank safety, says economy is fine
"The standard case for free trade...logically still makes sense," Powell said at the hearing. But "it's not the Fed's job to make or comment on tariff policy...Ours is to try to react to it in a ...