Jerome Powell: “I do think that as this expansion has continued, we have started to…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2019

I do think that as this expansion has continued, we have started to see people at the lower end of the wage scale get the bulk of the benefits.

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Republican · District of Columbia

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Powell acknowledges that economic growth benefits lower-income individuals.

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