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Fed Chair Powell escorted out of room as climate protesters interrupt speech

Climate protesters interrupted a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday, causing the central bank chief to be escorted off the stage.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was briefly escorted out of a room in New York after climate protesters interrupted a speech he was slated to deliver on the U.S. economy. 

Powell resumed the speech several minutes after he was led out of the room in the Economic Club of New York.

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