LIVE: Chairman Jerome Powell speaks after Fed delivers small rate hike, flags possible pause in t…

Chairman Jerome Powell speaks after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and signaled it may pause further increases, giving officials time to assess the fallout from recent bank failures, wait on the resolution of a political standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling, and monitor the course of inflation.

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