Oil Prices Flat Ahead Of Powell's Brief To Congress 

Oil prices were flat early on Wednesday as Fed Chair Jerome Powell is set to brief Congress on the U.S. economy today and tomorrow. As of 7:57 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the U.S. benchmark, WTI Crude, was up 0.01% at $71.16, and the international benchmark, Brent Crude, traded at $75.83, slightly down by 0.04% on the day. Prices have been seesawing today as the market expects Powell to give a detailed rationale of last week’s Fed decision to hold interest rates unchanged after 10 consecutive Fed meetings that ended with rate hikes. Powell’s…