Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been under pressure from President Trump to lower the central bank's benchmark interest rate.

Imagine being Jerome Powell this week. On Friday, August 22, the Federal Reserve chairman will step onto the stage at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium — the most closely watched monetary retreat in the world — with markets,

Central bankers from around the world are gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week. Not for sightseeing or fly fishing, but for the Federal Reserve’s annual Economic Policy Symposium. Fed chair Jay Powell is set to speak Friday and analysts will be paying extra attention to his comments on the labor market — especially after that weak July jobs report we saw a few weeks ago.