Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is fairly confident the Treasury market over the long run can operate without the central bank’s assistance.

“I don’t think it’s at all a foregone conclusion that there needs to be a permanent Fed presence” buying Treasury securities, Mr. Powell said Wednesday during a news conference after the final Federal Open Market Committee meeting of 2020. “That’s not something we’re planning on or intending.”

Mr….

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