Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell noted on Friday that the baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks to inflation "may warrant adjusting our policy stance," indicating loosely that the bank could cut its interest rates soon.

Speaking at the Jackson Hole Symposium, Powell noted that the shifting balance of risks followed lower inflation, despite it remaining "somewhat elevated," and the labor market being "near maximum employment." Still, he warned that "in the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside, and risks to employment to the downside — a challenging situation." "When our goals are in tension like this, our framework calls for us to balance both sides of our dual mandate," he noted, reaffirming the Fed's

聯準會主席鮑威爾週五表示，隨著通膨風險與就業情勢出現變化，可能需要調整政策立場，暗示近期或將降息。他指出通膨雖下降但仍偏高，就業接近最大化，短期內通膨風險偏上、就業風險偏下，情勢艱難。鮑威爾強調將依據數據，在雙重使命間取得平衡。