Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Oct. 14 that challenges to inflation and the labor market suggest there is “no risk-free path” for central bank policy.
Jerome Powell Says ‘No Risk-Free Path’ for Federal Reserve Policy
A prolonged U.S. government shutdown could make it ’more challenging' to devise monetary policy, the Federal Reserve chair said.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times