The sombre mood is set to continue as Europe wakes up, with futures indicating a steeply lower open.
Eurostoxx 50 futures were down 0.73%, German DAX futures dropped 0.66% and FTSE futures were 0.78% lower.
The Fed is "committed to ... monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to bring inflation down to 2% over time," Powell said at an International Monetary Fund event.
U.S. rate futures have priced in about 60% chance of a rate cut at the Fed's June 2024 meeting, according to the CME's FedWatch tool, compared to odds of about 70% before Powell's speech.
The oil market has been reeling this week on demand concerns, with a fading war-risk premium triggering a sell-off.
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