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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: Miners fall on growth outlook as ‘hawkish’ Fed speech proves stubborn for markets

The fall out from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole continues to be felt as US markets fall further.

Powell said on Friday that getting back to price stability would “likely require maintaining a restrictive policy stance for some time.”

The dollar strengthened following the comments, leaving the pound trading at $1.17 for its lowest point since March 2020.

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