On the recordNovember 27, 2017
I would say in a range--you know, the truth is that there are big uncertainty bands around these forecasts.
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congress.govI would say in a range--you know, the truth is that there are big uncertainty bands around these forecasts.
Powell addresses uncertainty in economic growth forecasts.
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If we're going to do that successfully, we need to do it in a completely nonpolitical way, which means we don't take sides, we don't play one side against the other, we stay out of issues that are really not our bailiwick.
Part of that is due to the start-stop nature of the tariffs that have been introduced.
So we didn't overreact — in fact, we didn't react at all. We're simply taking some time.