
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.

Kevin M. Warsh will be at a Senate hearing next week to consider him as the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

President Trump at the White House on Friday.

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.

Shoppers at a mall in Miami Beach, Fla.

βItβs really not at all clear what it is we should do,β Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said during a news conference on Wednesday in Washington.

Consumers have been spending at a solid clip in recent months.

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, emphasized at a news conference on Wednesday that the Fed was still waiting for βa true signalβ that it was time to lower interest rates.
