FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole Symposium – live stream

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, will be delivering his remarks at the virtual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at 1310 GMT on Thursday.

Powell is expected to discuss the Fed's monetary policy framework review at the conference titled "Navigating the Decade Ahead: Implications for Monetary Policy."

Follow our live coverage of the market reaction to Powell's remarks.

Powell Speech Cheat Sheet: Details about the potential heat up to send USD down.

Powell's consequential speech is set to rock markets and the more details he provides to the new policy – most probably allowing inflation to run high – the better for stocks and the worse for the dollar, FXStreet’s analyst Yohay Elam reports.

Jackson Hole Symposium Preview: Powell to shed light on Fed’s framework – Goldman Sachs.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs offer a sneak peek at what to expect from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium due this Thursday at 1310GMT.

About Jerome Powell (via Federalreserve.gov)

Jerome H. Powell took office as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on February 5, 2018, for a four-year term. Mr. Powell also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policymaking body. Mr. Powell has served as a member of the Board of Governors since taking office on May 25, 2012, to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed to the Board and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a term ending January 31, 2028.

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Eren Sengezer

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As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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