Jerome Powell: “The U.S. economy is in solid shape.”

Stopping sooner could have made some difference, but not likely enough to fundamentally alter the trajectory of the economy

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

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’m very focused on just doing my job.