Jerome Powell’s challenge at the Fed

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Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

Charles W. Eliot University Professor

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Jerome Powell’s challenge at the Fed. Lawrence Summers, February 4, 2018, Opinion, "Janet L. Yellen has completed her term with unemployment much lower than it was when she began, with inflation low and closer to target, and with the financial system better capitalized and more liquid. What more can anyone ask from a Fed chair?" Link

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