Jerome Powell: “That is not the intent at all.”

Job growth, he said, has slowed considerably and that the downside risks to employment are rising.

We’re trying to deliver macro stability, financial stability, economic stability for the benefit of all the people.

we don’t take into consideration political factors

As long as the U.S. economy is in solid shape, the prudent thing to do is to wait and learn more and see what the effect might be.