The U.S. dollar hovered below a one-week high on Thursday and Asian stock markets were mixed as investors braced for three days of potentially market-moving news from the Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole.

Federal Reserve chair is under bombardment from Donald Trump and battling an insurgency within the central bank

Rates fall ahead of US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech; experts highlight key MCX levels to watch

Jerome Powell has the ideal platform Friday to deliver a clear signal the Federal Reserve is about to resume cutting interest rates. But the economy isn’t giving him an equally clear signal that now is the time.

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fed Chair Jerome Powell used the central bank's annual Wyoming research conference to promise inflation-fighting rigor when it was needed in 2022, then last year he came to the defense of the job market with promises of lower interest rates when the unemployment rate seemed on a steady rise.

The Nasdaq fell as megacaps lost, after having rallied for much of the year. Nvidia fell 3.5%, the biggest drop in nearly four months.

US Treasury yields dropped on Tuesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve July meeting minutes and its annual Jackson Hole symposium later in the week. The benchmark

The U.S. dollar was little changed on Wednesday as traders awaited a speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the annual Jackson Hole symposium later this week for clues on the monetary policy path.