WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fed Chair Jerome Powell used the central bank's annual Wyoming research conference to promise inflation-fighting rigor when it was needed in 2022, then last year he came to the defense of the job market with promises of lower interest rates when the unemployment rate seemed on a steady rise.

All eyes on Powell's Jackson Hole speech this week. Discover key insights on interest rates, retail earnings, and market trends.

Take your pick on what's the most important economic event of the week: Jerome Powell's speech on Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Existing home sales for July on Thursday. Two Standard & Poor's reports on purchasing managers indexes on Thursday.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will give a speech on the economic outlook and the Fed's review of its policy framework next Friday at the Kansas City Fed's annual central banking conference in Jackson Hole,

In a post on his Truth Social social-media network, Trump again urged the Fed to lower interest rates, writing: “I am … considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed because of the horrible, and grossly incompetent, job he has done in managing the construction of the Fed Buildings.”

President Donald Trump is calling for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Ga., plans to introduce his TOO LATE Act, which would change the Federal Reserve Act to give President Donald Trump more wiggle room to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

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