Fed's Powell at Jackson Hole
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Treasury investors may be about to hear what they want from Jerome Powell — or not. Much is at stake as the Federal Reserve chair prepares to speak at the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole gathering,
Brent Donnelly of Spectra Markets ran a sizeable survey of expectations for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech, and of the 473 responses, 51% expect a neutral-to-boring outcome and 43% see a hawkish tint.
Trump ratcheted up his pressure campaign this week, calling on Fed Governor Lisa Cook to resign after a Trump administration official alleged that she had committed mortgage fraud. Cook rebuked the push for her to quit, saying she has "no intention of being bullied to step down from my position because of some questions raised in a tweet."