The S&P 500 closed 0.6 per cent higher on Friday, but had been down as much as 1.3 per cent after February’s jobs growth figure fell short of economists’ forecasts. However, the benchmark index rallied during the afternoon,

Stock indexes rose on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy continues to be in a good place and it remains to be seen if the Trump administration's tariff plans will prove to be inflationary,

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell isn't ready to make any serious moves to further cut interest rates until the U.S. economic picture comes into clearer focus amid tumultuous tariff policy and tax rate uncertainty,

A soft landing from inflation may still be in sight, but when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks in New York on Friday he will be facing a tangled set of new risks to that long-sought goal.

Stocks remained on track for their worst week since September, but were headed for a higher close in Friday's session, after investors appeared to take some comfort from [Federal Reserve Chair Jerome

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee U.S. jobs data and a speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will likely be markets' focal point on Friday, as investors grapple with the confusion over U.

The U.S. central bank will be in no rush to cut interest rates while it waits for more clarity on how the policies of the new Trump administration affect the economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday.

Powell says the Fed is in no hurry to change course, citing "uncertainty" over the impact of the Trump administration economic policies