New Delhi, April 30 -- "You won't see me next time" is how Jerome Powell signed off his last press conference as the US Federal Reserve's chairman, while stressing his intent to remain on the central bank's board as a governor on Thursday, 30 April, amid legal actions by the administration.

After my term as chair ends on May 15, I will continue to serve as a governor for a period of time to be determined, Powell said at the press conference that was broadcast at midnight on Thursday in India following the US Federal Reserve's policy outcome for the April meeting.

He stressed that he plans to keep a "low profile" in his new role as a governor. "There is only ever one chair of the Federal Reserve Board. When Kevin Warsh is confirmed and s...