Jerome Powell: “We are focused on separating the signal from the noise as the outlook evolves.”

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.

The U.S. economy is in solid shape.

I'm very focused on just doing my job.

I won’t bow to political pressure when it comes to setting monetary policy.