Powell plays down possibility of negative Fed rates
The Fed chairman cited the risk that the pandemic will cause the U.S. lasting economic harm
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pushed back against the prospect the central bank would deploy negative interest rates in the U.S., though he didn’t fully rule out the option as a potential tool in the future.
“The evidence on negative rates is mixed,” Powell said Wednesday in respon
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