Friday Afternoon Links

[AP] Stocks return to records on Wall Street following Fed speech

[Reuters] Gold jumps after Fed's Powell fails to signal start of bond-buying taper

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasury Curve Steepens as Powell Warily Talks Taper, Rate Hikes 

[AP] Powell: Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Powell Says Taper May Start in ‘21, No Rush on Rates: Fed Update

[CNBC] Key inflation gauge rises 3.6% from a year ago to tie biggest jump since the early 1990s

[Reuters] U.S. consumer sentiment plummets to near-decade low

[NBC] Ida, expected to hit Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane, is a significant threat to New Orleans

[AP] Lake Tahoe prepares for emergency as wildfire threatens