Minutes after the speech, investors pegged the chances of a quarter-point interest rate cut at 91%, up from a 75% chance assessed one day earlier, according to CME FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment. Despite the market's positive reaction to Powell's speech, the Fed chair voiced a note of caution for the outlook for the U.S. economy.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave a speech that sent all three stock indexes soaring. Traders excavated clues of an interest rate coming. Archie Hall, U.S. economics editor for The Economist, joins "The Takeout" to discuss.