Today on TAP: Fed Chair Jerome Powell is playing against type.
Jerome Powell
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Fed Resists Pressure to Hike Rates
Today on TAP: Will this be sufficient for Biden to reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Jerome Powell Sold More Than a Million Dollars of Stock as the Market Was Tanking
Disclosure documents reveal that the spectacle of Fed officials personally trading stocks extended to the chair himself.
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Is the Regulatory Future Powell or Omarova?
Today on TAP: Biden’s appointments have been largely progressive
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Planet Depends on the Next Federal Reserve Chair
In the debate over whether to retain Jerome Powell, not enough attention has focused on the climate crisis.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Reappointing Powell to Chair the Fed Is a Bad Idea
He’s terrible on everything other than monetary policy, and Biden gains nothing with Republicans by renaming him.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Should Biden Reappoint Jerome Powell?
A Prospect debate about the future of the Federal Reserve
Posted inEconomic Policy
Jerome Powell Went Easy on Wall Street
That gets in the way of good monetary policy, and makes recessions and inequality worse.