Jerome Powell
The council met to deliver an update on the Council's Climate-related Financial Risk Committee and spoke on the transition from LIBOR.
  • US stocks fell on Thursday, ending the S&P 500's eight day winning streak.
  • Treasury yields jumped after poor results of a 30-year bond auction and hawkish comments from Jerome Powell.
  • "If it becomes appropriate to tighten policy further, we will not hesitate to do so," Powell said.

US stocks declined on Thursday, effectively ending the S&P 500's eight day win streak that delivered a gain of more than 6%.