Federal Reserve chairman warns: ‘No risk-free path’ amid cooling job market, inflation

WARWICK, R.I.— On Tuesday, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said hiring has slowed down considerably amid uncertainty over the direction of public policy in the United States. Policymakers on Sept. 17 reduced the rates by a quarter percentage point to a 4- percent-to-4.25-percent range as concerns over the slowing job market intensify and inflation…