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Aug 2023
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Investors Look to Jackson Hole for Fed P...

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A.M. Edition for Aug. 25. Stock markets are on edge ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the central bank’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole today. WSJ editor Matthew Thomas explains why precarious signals from the U.S. economy have investors nervous. Plus, Donald Trump shakes up his legal team as he surrenders in Georgia. And Saudi Arabia weighs a bid from China to help boost its quest for nuclear power. Luke Vargas hosts.

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