Federal Reserve’s Powell, in Dovish Jackson Hole Address, Signals ‘Time Has Come’ for Interest Rate Cuts

Any rate cut could be seen as a boost for the Democrats.

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The Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, left, speaks with a governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, August 23, 2024. AP/Amber Baesler

Chairman Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve, in his strongest indication yet that the central bank will cut interest rates during its meeting in September, said this morning that “the time has come for policy to adjust.”

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