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Jerome Powell: The Committee is completely unified in the need to get inflation down to 2 percent, and we will do whatever it takes to…

On the recordJune 20, 2023
The Committee is completely unified in the need to get inflation down to 2 percent, and we will do whatever it takes to get it down to 2 percent over time.
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Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

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Powell emphasizes the commitment to reducing inflation to the target rate.

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