#MrMarket: Jerome Powell, Christine LaGarde and Andrew Bailey -- mean it this time. Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center
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#MrMarket: Jerome Powell, Christine LaGarde and Andrew Bailey -- mean it this time. Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jay-powells-finest-hawk-feathers-federal-reserve-rates-fomc-inflation-prices-11671057522
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| 0:35.0 | This is CBS, I am the world. I'm John Bacheler. Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, |
| 0:40.8 | remarks following the most recent hike by the Federal Reserve half a point. Looking |
| 0:45.5 | to tame the inflation story, which has been running very hot for months. However, I'm |
| 0:52.6 | struck by this irony. The Wall Street Journal lead a tutorial entitled Jerome Powell's |
| 0:58.7 | finest hawk feathers. Subhead, the Fed chairman really, really wants you to believe him |
| 1:04.8 | on inflation. I welcome Veronique de Rige of the Mercatocenter, who helps me interpret |
| 1:10.4 | what I'd have to say is doubt at the editorial board that Jerome Powell means it when he says |
| 1:17.2 | that he will fight inflation, stay the course, raise the rates until it's no longer 6% |
| 1:23.0 | core inflation, it's 2% core inflation. Veronique, a very good even to you. I don't usually |
| 1:28.1 | ask why people doubt the Federal Reserve after their 2021. There's plenty of reason to |
| 1:34.2 | doubt them because everything was wrong. Jerome Powell is now playing catch-up. Do you believe |
| 1:39.7 | him and is he doing well at catch-up? Good evening to you. |
| 1:43.4 | Good evening. I believe him. I think the most important message of his press conference |
| 1:51.0 | yesterday was, and we're going to continue raising rates much further than we anticipated |
| 1:58.8 | because we haven't made enough progress so far. That was the most important point. To |
| 2:09.4 | be honest, I think it's interesting that people are upset about this. 7.1% inflation over |
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