FED CHAIR POWELL: INFLATION REMAINS ELEVATED, PARTLY REFLECTING THE RISE IN ENERGY PRICES, WITH THE CURRENT POLICY STANCE DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND CONDUCIVE TO PROGRESS TOWARD THE FED'S GOALS.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated that inflation continues to be elevated, attributing part of this to rising energy prices. This commentary suggests a sustained focus on inflation dynamics, which may influence interest rate policy through the channel of inflation repricing. Energy markets are particularly exposed, as fluctuations in oil and gas prices can directly impact overall inflation metrics. Traders will be closely watching upcoming inflation data releases, particularly the Consumer Price Index (CPI), for indications of how persistent these inflationary pressures may be and their potential influence on future Fed policy adjustments.

HIGH-impact news is typically a market-moving event with multi-pip or multi-percent intraday reactions. Examples include central bank rate decisions, major CPI/NFP releases, geopolitical shocks, mega-cap earnings beats/misses, and regulatory announcements. Traders typically position-reduce or hedge ahead of scheduled HIGH-impact events, and follow the wire in real time to react to unscheduled ones (war headlines, central-bank emergency statements, surprise corporate actions). The Trading News Terminal squawk box reads every HIGH-impact headline aloud the moment it hits the wire — so active traders don't have to stare at the feed.

Active traders typically follow a three-step workflow when a market-moving headline hits the wire: (1) read the headline on the terminal or hear it on the squawk box; (2) assess whether the news is already priced in (by checking intraday price action in the seconds before) or whether it's genuinely new information; (3) act — either entering a breakout position, fading an overreaction, or tightening stops on existing trades. Trading News Terminal's Pro plan delivers wire-grade headlines within seconds of the source, with automatic audio squawk on every HIGH-impact event, so the read-assess-act cycle never waits on a refresh button.