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There are concerns around trade tensions, around brexit, but more or less this wasn't a unanimous decision, it was very very expected. what they're talking about doing, this is all about essentially reducing the rate at which banks lend to one another to try to stimulate the economy, that isst tied of course to consumer debt financing as well, is looking at maintaining this mid cycle adjustment but potentially not having anymore rates in the future. so they're sort of pausing their policy as it stands right now according to jerome powell. another story, i know you're bothst on twitter, from ja...

Welcome back. all eyes will be on federal reserve chair jerome powell as he speaks at the annual jackson hole conference later this morning. he is facing pressure from president trump and financial markets to ensure a recession is not in -- is not in the near future. cnbc's willem marx is joining us live from london on this. what are we expecting there today? >> well, the investors i have been talking with this morning they're saying it will be a difficult tight rope for mr. powell to walk. he's got to strike a balance in terms of what he forecasts for the market in terms of indications about ...

I'm withdrawing tonight from the race. >> inslee made addressing the climate crisis the core issue. he failed to gain traction. he was unlikely to qualify. the sources say he plans to seek a third term as washington governor. 22 candidates still remain in the democratic field. inslee for his part says, quote, every single one of them is 100% better than president trump. the federal reserve is looking for some flexibility with conflicting economic signals. minutes of the july's fed meeting says the july rate cut was a mid cycle adjustment and not the start of an aggressive cycle. lower employ...

>> sandra: pointing fingers at jay powell and the federal reserve for when the market goes down, and in the middle of that, the dow is down 600 points, and he says it is because of the fed. >> i do have problems personally with the fed. my problem is also with the communication. there are three times at jay powell really blew it, and the market suffered mightily. he talked about interest rates, and that the fed had a long way to go. look at where the market was, the dow jones industrial avera average. unmitigated disaster. low inflation that has been persistent in this economy is transitory. i...

Jones closed sharply lower. what's interesting, in terms of why they came to this decision, and it wasn't amid all that fierce criticism from president trump, the political pressure, there was valid economic reasons they called it a mid cycle adjustment, the mid cycle we've been in for ten years since the great recession, trying to maintain the u.s. economy because of what's happening elsewhere in the world. but also looking at what they need to do to get the key inflation target up to 2%. we've seen the strong employment numbers, rising wages and inflation has not reacted to that. president t...