Jerome Powell: “it was essential for Congress to act quickly.”

There are no new water features, there’s no beehives, and there’s no roof terrace gardens

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.

When you significantly slow the growth of the labor force, you will slow the growth of the economy.

I want to hand over to my successor an economy in good shape.