Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares are trading lower during Friday’s trading session. Shares of several companies in the auto & auto component space are trading lower amid overall market weakness as investors digest Jerome Powell’s speech from the Jackson Hole Symposium. Aggressive monetary policy could continue to weigh on economic sentiment.
What Happened?
Powell said the Federal Reserve’s goal remains getting inflation back down to a goal of 2%.
“Price stability is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve and serves as the bedrock of our economy,” Powell said. “Without price stability, the economy does not work for anyone.”
Powell said the impact of inflation and the labor market often falls heaviest on those who are least able to bear it… Read More
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- Ford is trading lower by 2.57% to $15.52
- Tesla is trading lower by 1.74% to $290.91