WASHINGTON: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday promised to redouble efforts to find" diverse candidates" to replace two high-profile officials who resigned this week after criticism of their securities trading, as the central bank tried to regroup from a blow to its typically staid, technocratic image." I can absolutely guarantee you that we will work hard in both of those processes to find and give a fair shot to diverse candidates for those two jobs," Powell said in response

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Most Fed officials now see at least three rate hikes in 2022.... Wednesday’s announcement, following policymakers’ last scheduled meeting of the year, marked a big pivot for Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell.... He and his colleagues had put more emphasis on maximizing employment, rather than on the Fed’s other mandate, price stability, as they sought to achieve broad-based economic and job growth....

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