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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 21, 2023

The strong majority of the committee believes that it will be appropriate to raise the Federal funds rate again once or twice by the end of the year.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 21, 2023

We need to be able to be nimble and more forceful, where appropriate.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 21, 2023

I would say we are committed, and I am personally committed, to learning the right lessons from what happened in Silicon Valley Bank and the other two failures.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 21, 2023

I certainly think that our supervision has been shown to have been lax in not being assertive enough.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 21, 2023

I will make sure that there is enough time for Governors to review the final proposal

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 21, 2023

We want, in particular, the GSIBs, the eight largest banks, to have high levels, very high levels of capital and liquidity.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

It is absolutely the case that Congress will need to authorize the Federal Reserve to issue a CBDC.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Jun 20, 2023

Congress needs to provide adequate funding to Federal agencies to bolster their workforce and by providing workers adequate compensation, offering comparable benefits, and exploring other steps to attract the next generation of Federal…

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Jun 20, 2023

For more than a decade... congressional Republicans or their Majorities have sought to severely constrain the Federal budget.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

We are following it very, very closely, and I think you have put your finger on it, this is a problem more for smaller banks.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

The United States' Federal budget is on an unsustainable path, which means that the debt is growing faster than the economy.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

I think that is a pretty good guess of what will happen if the economy performs about as expected.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

The financial impacts that result from the economic impacts of climate change and the transition to a lower carbon economy pose an emerging risk to the safety and soundness of financial institutions and the financial stability of the…

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

Climate change poses profound challenges for the global economy and the financial system.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

Climate change is going to be a very important issue for a long time, and it needs to be addressed principally by elected people because it has enormous distributive consequences.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

We don't see it as at all appropriate for us to tell banks what legal businesses they can lend to; that is not our role.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

We are watching that very carefully. Bank credit conditions have been tightening for a year.

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Jerome Powell
@jeromepowell· Republican · DC· Jun 20, 2023

Price stability is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve, and without it, the economy does not work for anyone.

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