On the recordJuly 9, 2019
Let me start by saying that my colleagues and I strongly support the goals of maximum employment and price stability that Congress has set for us for monetary policy.
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congress.govLet me start by saying that my colleagues and I strongly support the goals of maximum employment and price stability that Congress has set for us for monetary policy.
Powell reaffirms the Federal Reserve's commitment to employment and price stability.
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We're trying to deliver macro stability, financial stability, economic stability for the benefit of all the people.
If we're going to do that successfully, we need to do it in a completely nonpolitical way, which means we don't take sides, we don't play one side against the other, we stay out of issues that are really not our bailiwick.
So we didn't overreact — in fact, we didn't react at all. We're simply taking some time.
If we move too slowly, there may be unnecessary losses, painful losses in the employment market.