JSE muted as focus shifts to US Fed chair Jerome Powell’s testimony
US bond yields have risen sharply in February as prospects of more fiscal stimulus lift hopes of a faster global economic recovery
23 February 2021 - 11:34
The JSE was little changed on Tuesday with its global peers mixed, as international focus shifts to US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, who is set to deliver his semi-annual testimony on Tuesday.
Powell will give testimony to the Senate’s banking committee, where he is likely to face pressure to support Democratic legislators’ stimulus plans...
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