The Federal Reserve’s annual conference, hosted by the Kansas City Fed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, began Thursday evening with a dinner for the central bankers, economists and journalists who have flown in from around the world.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is preparing to address the annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming, economic forum as the Trump administration pushes for an interest rate cut in September. Bill Watts, a markets editor for MarketWatch,

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will deliver a speech next Friday at the Kansas City Fed's annual central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. You might be interested in: U.S. orders deployment of military forces in the Caribbean to fight Latin American drug cartels labeled as terrorists,

Gold ticked up on Wednesday but hovered near three-week lows, as investors looked towards the Federal Reserve's July meeting minutes and the Jackson Hole, Wyoming symposium of central bankers this week for cues on further rate cuts.

Chair Jerome Powell in remarks on Friday is expected to unveil the Fed’s new policy framework — the strategy it’ll use to achieve its inflation and employment goals. Powell may also drop some hints about the Fed’s thinking ahead of its September policy meeting.

U.S. stocks closed higher, with the Dow scoring a record high, after Fed Chair Powell suggested it was time to consider rate cuts again.

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fed Chair Jerome Powell used the central bank's annual Wyoming research conference to promise inflation-fighting rigor when it was needed in 2022, then last year he came to the defense of the job market with promises of lower interest rates when the unemployment rate seemed on a steady rise.