On the heels of last week's significant interest rate increase, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday to deliver his semiannual monetary policy testimony.Powell began his prepared remarks by highlighting the Fed's strong commitment to bringing inflation back down to the central bank's longer-run goal of 2 percent."At the Fed, we understand th...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.