Fed Chair Jerome Powell Tempers Expectations on Rate Cuts
WSJ What’s News
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🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:27.0 | Right now, given the strength of the labor market and progress on inflation so far, |
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| 0:51.1 | I'm Anne Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal. This is the PM edition of |
| 0:54.6 | What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says inflation and hiring have been |
| 1:10.1 | firmer than expected. |
| 1:11.6 | Introducing new uncertainty over whether the |
| 1:13.7 | Central Bank will be able to lower interest rates this year. He spoke during a |
| 1:17.4 | moderated question and answer session in Washington earlier today. |
| 1:20.4 | The recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence and |
| 1:25.0 | instead indicate that it's likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence. |
| 1:30.8 | That said, we think policy is well positioned to handle the risks that we face. |
| 1:35.0 | If higher inflation does persist, we can maintain the current level of restriction for as long as needed. |
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