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Jerome Powell: “We want to put--we want people to get back to work, and there are a lot of people who are not back to work yet.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2021
We want to put--we want people to get back to work, and there are a lot of people who are not back to work yet.
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Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the importance of getting people back to work amid inflation concerns.

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