LIVE: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks on interest rate decision — 10/29/2025

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers remarks following the Fed's two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. Markets are assigning a nearly 100% probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will approve a second consecutive quarter percentage point, or 25 basis point, reduction in the federal funds rate. The overnight lending benchmark is currently targeted between 4%-4.25%. Beyond that, policymakers are likely to debate, among other things, the future path of reductions, the challenges posed by a ...