“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
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On the recordJuly 14, 2021
We are not in the business of giving fiscal advice to Congress either way.
Said by
Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Clarifying the Fed's role regarding fiscal policy advice to Congress.

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