Fed Chair Jerome Powell News:

Jerome Powell delivers his speech at the Kansas City Fed's Annual Policy Forum in Jackson Hole. 

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the US central bank will continue to raise interest rates.

Jerome Powell's speech was seen as a pushback on the recent rally in US stocks.

His speech reduced the wealth of America's richest people to $78 billion.

Tesla boss Elon Musk’s saw $5.5 billion erased from his wealth. 

Jeff Bezos lost the most at $6.8 billion in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates declined by $2.2 billion from his wealth.

Warren Buffett saw $2.7 billion erased from his wealth After Jerome Powell's speech. 

After this speech by Jerome Powell, Google co-founder Sergey Brin was knocked below $100 billion.

Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, and Alphabet among its biggest components, plunged more than 4%.