Continuing to downplay the risks of inflation, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday seemed to suggest the central bank is not likely to begin tightening monetary policy anytime soon.
Powell told the committee in prepared remarks that "substantial further progress" towards the Fed's goals of maximum employment and price stability is "still a ways off."
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