In prepared remarks, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is set to say that business investment has “slowed notably” and that trade tensions and weak global growth “continue to weigh” on the U.S. economy, a strong signal that the Fed is likely to lower the benchmark interest rate in July, the Washington Post reports.
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