Jerome Powell: “Rising downside risks to employment have shifted our assessment of the balance of risks”

What keeps me awake at night is how do we get that done? I want to hand over to my successor an economy in good shape, and so do all of my colleagues, that's all we ever want.

I would agree that climate is the biggest risk.

I’m very focused on just doing my job.

It is a big risk to our independence if we were to stray into areas where we shouldn’t that really aren’t part of our mandate.