Photo: Jerome Powell. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg. Jerome Powell. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will lower interest rates "over time," while again emphasizing that, overall, the U.S. economy remains on solid footing. Powell also reiterated his confidence that inflation will continue moving toward the Fed's 2 percent target, adding that economic conditions "set the table" for a further easing of price pressures.

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