POWELL: WILL STAY ON AFTER MAY 15

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has confirmed he will remain in his role beyond May 15, dispelling speculation about an early departure. The clarification supports continuity in monetary policy expectations, reinforcing the Fed’s data-dependent stance and reducing uncertainty around leadership-driven policy shifts. This stability is likely to anchor longer-end Treasury yields and limit volatility in rate-sensitive assets, particularly financial stocks and interest rate futures tied to the Fed’s policy path. Investors had priced in some risk of leadership change, which momentarily affected market confidence in the central bank’s forward guidance. Traders will now focus on the upcoming PCE inflation report as the next key catalyst for assessing the timing of potential rate cuts.

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