After several decades in which economic technocrats enjoyed a large degree of autonomy, they are now under intense pressure from the Trump administration.

But every August, the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium makes headlines, moves markets and fuels policy debates. Hosted since 1978 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the annual meeting convenes roughly 120 participants to discuss new research and pressing economic issues.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will deliver a speech next Friday at the Kansas City Fed's annual central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. You might be interested in: U.S. orders deployment of military forces in the Caribbean to fight Latin American drug cartels labeled as terrorists,

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -An influx of foreign workers has given the euro zone's economy a boost in recent years, helping offset shorter working hours and lower real wages, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Saturday.

World shares are mixed after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss, and as traders look for cues about U.S. monetary policy from a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

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