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Hawk or Dove? Fed’s Powell Showed Market Both Sides in Debut
Reuters, Feb. 28, 2018–Howard Schneider, Lindsay Dunmuir
Financial markets barely batted an eye on Tuesday when Jerome Powell’s first public statement as Federal Reserve chief saw daylight, interpreting it as a steady-handed commitment to the U.S. central bank’s policy of gradual interest rate increases.