Jerome Powell 19 May 2023 Talk On Interest Rate & US Mkt Direction?
@JC888:
The speech by Mr Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, on Friday, 19 May 2023, was closely watched by investors and analysts who were looking for clues on the future direction of US monetary policy. Below are 5 key points that I derived after watching the discussion sessions on Youtube: On whether US interest rates will need to rise further, Mr Powell said that it is still unclear and the Fed team will have to monitor official data - month by month to determine. Recent bank-run debacle and the stresses it had brought to the banking sector could mean that “our policy rate may not need to rise as much as it would have otherwise to achieve our goals”, so said the Fed chairman. Although inflation is far above the objective of 2% and still poses significant hardships, Fed is strongly committed to