Follow MarketWatch's live coverage of Tuesday's speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, his last comments on interest rates and the economy before the central bank's quiet period that begins after Friday.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks will be his first since the central bank cut interest rates in September.

Powell signals Fed may end balance-sheet runoff in coming months Fed chair sees signs of gradual tightening of liquidity conditions Powell sees tariff risks, job losses if Fed moved too slowly He is speaking at the NABE meeting in Philadelphia “Powell kept the door open to sticking with the two-cut path outlined in September’s Summary of Economic Projections,

The central-bank leader also suggested the Fed could be close to ending a three-year campaign to passively reduce its $6.6 trillion asset holdings.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell told economists that the sluggish labor market and tariff-induced inflation are persisting as government shutdown delays official employment reports.

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