The world’s most influential central bankers are gathering in Wyoming this week for the 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. The economic stakes are far more complicated than a year ago. There’s also a pivotal political one: the independence of the Fed Reserve, the world’s largest and most influential central bank.

The dollar got off on the front foot on Wednesday following two days of gains as traders awaited the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole annual symposium later this week for clues on the path for monetary policy.