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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is scheduled to testify today before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, presenting his semi-annual monetary policy report. He'll likely be quizzed on the economy, interest rates and the Fed balance sheet, after Powell adopted a more cautious stance toward rate hikes last month. "The markets have been fully liking what they've heard lately, and I think it’s going to listen