The new Omicron coronavirus variant risks intensifying supply-chain disruptions that have fueled a surge in inflation this year, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said in testimony released Monday afternoon.

Mr. Powell is set to appear before the Senate Banking Committee alongside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday morning.

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