Jerome Powell: “We must do better across the board. The Trump administration must finally implement a national plan to get the…”

If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences, then future administrations will do so as well.

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

We do not take into account the fortunes of any political party or politician.

It is not a foregone conclusion