Powell's speech at Jackson Hole will set the tone for policy through the rest of this year. BofA says the speech will drive big swings in these stocks.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to give what could be his most consequential speech yet — just a few days after one of his colleagues was threatened with prosecution for alleged mortgage fraud.

The U.S. dollar was little changed on Wednesday as traders awaited a speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the annual Jackson Hole central bankers' symposium later this week for clues on the path of monetary policy.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Friday is being billed as a pivotal, "make-or-break" moment for the central bank's more dovish contingent.

Jerome Powell has the ideal platform Friday to deliver a clear signal the Federal Reserve is about to resume cutting interest rates. But the economy isn’t giving him an equally clear signal that now is the time.