Will Trump’s tariffs threaten the Fed’s soft landing? Experts weigh in.
(WASHINGTON) -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stepped to the podium in August with a sunny forecast that defied the snow-capped mountains inscribed on curtains behind him.The central bank planned to begin cutting rates, Powell announced, reversing a yearslong battle against pandemic-era inflation. "The time has come," Powell told the audience at a conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, touting a steady cooldown of price increases.Months later, economic uncertainty looms large, […]
