WASHINGTON, D.C.: Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell, testifying for a second day before the United States Congress, said on Thursday (Friday in Manila) that the US economy was in a “very good place” despite headwinds, and that the Fed was prepared to do what it could to “keep it there.”

Chairman Jerome Powell. AFP Photo

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