Less than zero? Powell shows no love for negative rates <!-- no image --> <div>Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a clear message to interest rate futures traders on Wednesday: Bets the U.S. central bank is headed toward a negative interest-rate policy are off-base.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WaSyOXoRUuY:0kXMaeVV8pQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WaSyOXoRUuY:0kXMaeVV8pQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WaSyOXoRUuY:0kXMaeVV8pQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WaSyOXoRUuY:0kXMaeVV8pQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WaSyOXoRUuY:0kXMaeVV8pQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/WaSyOXoRUuY" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters