Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the 50-basis-point cut in the central bank’s policy rate earlier this month was a sign of confidence in the economy and the labor market.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that more rate cuts are in the pipeline, though their size and speed will depend on the evolution of the economy.

GDI is an alternate measure of economic growth, similar to gross domestic product, but with income rather than output as the yardstick. A gap between the two led Fed officials to worry that output might be weaker than thought, but the two converged when the estimate of GDI was increased.