Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Trade Policies Complicate Economic Outlook

Bank official speaks in interview with Marketplace radio program to air later Thursday

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said a strong economy should allow the central bank to keep raising interest rates gradually and it was premature to judge how recent trade policy actions could alter those plans.

Mr. Powell spoke in an interview on the Marketplace radio program set to air Thursday evening. He is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill next week in semiannual congressional hearings.

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