Takeaways from Fed Chair Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole

AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell all but proclaimed mission accomplished in the fight against inflation and signaled that interest rate cuts are coming in a much-anticipated speech Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Under Powell, the Fed raised its benchmark rate to the highest level in 23 years to subdue inflation that two years ago was running at the hottest pace in more than four decades. Inflation has come down steadily, and investors now expect the Fed to start cutting rates at its next meeting September — an expectation that essentially got Powell’s endorsement Friday.