Watch Fed Chair Powell talk live about the economy, interest rates at ECB forum

Watch Fed Chair Powell talk live about the economy, interest rates at ECB forum


[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday to a European Central Bank forum on central banking.

The Fed and its global counterparts have been in a race to tamp down inflation running at its highest level in decades not only in the U.S. but also around the world. Fed officials have approved a series of interest rate hikes and are expected to continue tightening policy until inflation gets closer to their 2% goal.

Recession fears are growing along with concerns about inflation. Multiple indicators are showing that the U.S. economy is slowing after growth declined 1.5% in the first quarter. Powell and his counterparts have said they believe they can get inflation under control without sending the economy into recession.

Read more:
Powell tells Congress the Fed is ‘strongly committed’ on inflation, notes recession is a ‘possibility’
New York Fed President John Williams says a U.S. recession is not his base case
Here are the three things the Fed has done wrong, and what it still isn’t getting right

Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube. 



Source

Iranian authorities signal intensified crackdown as unrest grows
World

Iranian authorities signal intensified crackdown as unrest grows

Iranians chant ”Death to the dictator” and ”Long live Shah” in Hamburg, Germany, on Jan. 10, 2026. Hundreds of Iranians hold a rally in Hamburg in snowy, sub-zero temperatures to express solidarity with the nationwide protests in Iran that begin on Dec 28, 2025. Ashkan Shabani/NurPhoto via AP Iran’s authorities indicated on Saturday they could […]

Read More
FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites
World

FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX’s request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost internet service worldwide. The FCC said Elon Musk’s SpaceX can now operate an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 15,000 satellites worldwide. […]

Read More
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk’s Grok over sexualized images
World

Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk’s Grok over sexualized images

Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool. The move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualized content on […]

Read More