Quotes
Criticism of what we do, that's the job,
Fed Governor Christopher Waller said in an interview with Bloomberg Television It wouldn't surprise me that you might start seeing more layoffs, a tick up in the unemployment rate going forward if the big tariffs in particular come back on,
The President is free to say whatever they want on policy, just like anybody else,
added Waller, whom Trump nominated to the Fed's Governing Board, and who has a permanent vote on the bank's rate-setting committee It's going to take some courage to stare down these tariff increases in prices with the belief that they are transitory,
Demonstrating that monetary policy is not going to be a political game of whoever the president is - and not just this president, but the next two or three or five or 10 presidents - I think that would be a stabilizing force,
One of the things I don't want the Fed to do is to put its head in the sand,
said Representative Juan Vargas, the task force's top Democrat It's not a government-owned bank. It's owned by the banks. And, yes, the president nominates with Senate confirmation the governor and the board of directors. But they are independent,
Even though stock markets have stabilized, even though the bond markets have stabilized some, still, there's nothing certain out there,
The president made a wise decision,
said Lucas, who chairs the House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience and Economic Prosperity Between the tariffs, wars and all the things going on around the planet, we didn't need any more uncertainty in the financial industry. We didn't need any more uncertainty in the markets,
the Oklahoma Republican told Reuters in an interview There are big events going on in the world today that are only explainable by climate change, and those events have very important financial impacts,
the California Democrat added We're going to make a lot of money for our people,
Right now, it's 145% that's very high; it got there because of the fentanyl they're sending,
He was recommended by a certain person that I'm not particularly happy with, but he will hopefully do the right thing,
He historically has been late, except when it came to Biden,
Let me be clear — there will be no unilateral reduction in tariffs against China,
I wish to be clear: America first does not mean America alone,
I haven't called him, but I believe he's making a mistake by not lowering interest rates,
He’s keeping rates too high,
Trump said, as also he criticized Powell for acting too slowly to raise rates several years ago in the early days of the inflation crisis I haven’t called him. I might call him,
Trump said in an Oval Office executive action signing ceremony Wednesday evening
