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Powell Suggests Fed to Go Ahead With Rate Hikes Despite Market Turmoil

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the U.S. central bank would push ahead with gradual interest-rate increases even as it remains on the lookout for threats to the financial system in the wake of the recent stock market rout.