We do a lot of monetary policy on this show, interest rates in the Fed.

Today we dip a toe into the fiscal side.

From American public media, this is Marketfiles.

In Washington, D.C., today I'm kind of a risotto.

It is Wednesday, the 26th of April.

It is always to have you along.

Everybody.

It was busy down at the White House today.

President Yun of South Korea is in town.

So there was security everywhere.

Vans and buses and SUVs, shuttling delegations all over the place.

In the relative calm of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, though right next door to the

White House, we got some time with Lail Brainerd, who until a couple of months ago was the vice

chair of the Federal Reserve, now the director of the National Economic Council.

So I asked her, just as a place to start, how she likes her new job.

You know, it's busy and I really enjoy it.

Let me dig into that a little bit because you've been doing monetary policy now for nine

plus years at the Fed.

And here you are now in fiscal policy land.

And I wonder how that's different for you.

Look for me, it is a chance to really make a huge difference in terms of the supply side

of the economy.

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