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Fed Chair Powell Indicates He’ll Keep Bolstering Growth in Public Debut

Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Feb. 27, 2018. Powell painted an optimistic picture of the U.S. economy Tuesday and signaled that he will continue to bolster strong growth during testimony before Congress in his public debut as head of the central bank. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)