Political Quotes

On the recordJune 21, 2023
I certainly think that our supervision has been shown to have been lax in not being assertive enough.
Said by
Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Powell acknowledges the Federal Reserve's lax supervision contributing to bank failures.

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