Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live before House Financial Services Committee

FAN Editor

[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell returns to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the second day of his semiannual updates on monetary policy.

The central bank leader appears before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver prepared remarks then participate in a question-and-answer session with lawmakers.

During his testimony Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell delivered remarks indicating that policymakers will take a patient approach to interest rate decisions this year. In addition, he fielded multiple questions and about bank regulations and dismissed the possibility of a Fed-sponsored central bank digital currency.

Read more:
Trump says interest rates should be ‘lowered’ to go ‘hand in hand’ with his tariffs
Powell squashes the possibility that the Fed will develop its own digital currency
Fed Chair Powell says central bank doesn’t ‘need to be in a hurry’ to lower interest rates further

Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube. 

Free America Network Articles

Leave a Reply

Next Post

Bank of America CEO on inflation impact on U.S. economy: ‘Rates are going to stay where they are’

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said Wednesday that strong consumer spending so far this year means the Federal Reserve will probably hold off on cutting its benchmark interest rate. The bank’s retail customers are spending about 6% more money in the first 40 days of this year compared with […]

You May Like