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Happy Thursday. It seemed like Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s go-to answer yesterday was “I have nothing for you on that,” which he told reporters at least five times during his press conference.
Stock futures are little changed this morning. The three major indexes finished yesterday’s session with modest gains.
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:
With the Federal Reserve unsurprisingly deciding to keep its key interest rate unchanged yesterday, attention turned to Powell’s post-announcement press conference — his first since he shared he was under criminal investigation.
