His comments suggest he shares current Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s go-slow approach to raising interest rates.
If the economy turns for the worst, Jerome Powell will have few tools at his disposal to deal with it.
Yellen’s strategy of gradual rate hikes, and ultra-slow balance sheet runoff, will be difficult for any newcomer to quickly change.
The top 1% of families took a record 23.8 percent share of income.
Would a new Fed chief stick with Janet Yellen's approach?
It's time for central banks to take the growing cryptocurrency sector more seriously.
U.S. central bankers have raised the benchmark rate four times since 2015, and they project another increase this year.
President Trump indicated that two or three other contenders, whom he declined to name, are in the running.
But the Fed chairman said the overall outlook warrants continued gradual rate hikes.
The senator is asking for the removal of the 12 Wells Fargo directors on the board when bank employees set up fake customer accounts.