(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell resumed a speech at the International Monetary Fund on Thursday after climate protestors briefly disrupted the event

Powell left the stage after the arrival of the protestors, who were chanting "end fossil finance." It was the second time in weeks that a Fed chair event was disrupted by climate protestors. Israel's central bank chief Amir Yaron, a fellow panelist at the event, remained on stage throughout.

Climate protestors had interrupted a Powell speech in New York on Oct. 24.

Powell's prepared remarks were published at the scheduled time of 2 pm ET (1900 GMT).

(reporting by Howard Schneider; Writing by Ann Saphir; Editing by Mark Porter and Andrea Ricci)