Financial markets are taking in a collective breath ahead of Jerome Powell's eighth and final keynote Jackson Hole speech as Federal Reserve Chair.

The U.S. dollar hovered below a one-week high on Thursday and European stock markets opened flat as investors braced for three days of potentially market-moving news from the Federal Reserve's annual...

U.S. President Donald Trump called on Fed Governor Lisa Cook to resign over alleged issues related to her mortgages in Michigan and Georgia, escalating his efforts to gain influence over the central ...

This week's set-piece event is the Jackson Hole central-bank gathering in Wyoming, slated for Thursday through Saturday. Investors will tune into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech for any hints on whether the central bank might kick off interest-rate cuts in September.

Investors expecting to hear Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell give guidance Friday about the central bank's September meeting may be in for a letdown.

With a September rate cut currently priced at 93.5% chance of happening, any wording and tone from Powell that even has a hint of hawkishness could have the same impact on markets as a rate hike at t...