Follow along with live blog and video: Jerome Powell testimony to House committee on economy, interest rates
Follow along as MarketWatch covers Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony to the House Financial Services Committee. Greg Robb, Jeffry Bartash and Rex Nutting will live-blog the proceedings with tweets from prominent Fed watchers.
In his prepared remarks, Powell said the economy hasn’t improved since June and the central bank is prepared to act as needed to support demand. Also read: Stock futures turn positive after dovish testimony Greg Robb Greg Robb is a senior reporter for MarketWatch in Washington. Follow him on Twitter @grobb2000.
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