Jerome Powell: “From my standpoint, it’s not complicated. What everyone on the [Federal Open Market Committee] wants is a good, solid…”

If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences, then future administrations will do so as well.

The public would lose faith that the central bank will make decisions based only on what’s best for all Americans.

Stopping sooner could have made some difference, but not likely enough to fundamentally alter the trajectory of the economy

We may approach that point in coming months