After Powell's speech, some reporters speculated that he may have mastered the US employment report for September

CNBC reporter Steve Liesman made an intriguing comment after Powell's appearance at the National Association for Business Economics conference: I heard an intriguing question during the Q & A. The September jobs report is done, and all I can say is that there's some gossip in the hallway asking, "Did Powell get the jobs report? Did the Fed get the report?" We don't know, he didn't reveal it himself, but we always think he might - most likely already have it. Adam Button, an analyst at investinglive, a US financial website, also said that Powell's remarks seemed to hint at the content of the report: the data since the July meeting showed that the labor market has weakened significantly; the equilibrium level of job growth has fallen significantly; there are clear downside risks to the labor market. Adam Button speculated that from these statements, the report may be quite bad.