Planet Earth Holds Breath as Powell Speaks: A Global Tour of Faint Hope & Controlled Panic
Jerome Powell took the virtual podium today, and every time zone from Tokyo to Tierra del Fuego leaned in like anxious relatives eavesdropping on the will-reading. The Fed Chair’s semi-annual testimony before Congress is traditionally a Washington ritual, but in 2024 it feels more like a planetary seance: traders in Singapore, pension funds in Oslo,…
