All people in Washington loves the Federal Reserve when the price of cash is zero. However when rates of interest are rising amid excessive inflation, affection is scarce, as Chairman Jerome Powell discovered earlier than the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday.
Republicans gave him grief for letting inflation get uncontrolled, which is truthful sufficient. “Clearly you might be conscious that you will be the individual that takes the autumn if inflation just isn’t introduced beneath management,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R., S.D.) informed Mr. Powell, who promised to remain on the Fed’s new anti-inflation course.