Jerome Powell: “We are trying to get as much of the economy and as many of the workers across that bridge to the post-pandemic economy.”

The U.S. economy is in solid shape.

the outlook for employment and inflation does not appear to have changed much since our September meeting

The public would lose faith that the central bank will make decisions based only on what’s best for all Americans.

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