Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was interviewed at an Economic Club of Washington, D.C., discussion on the central bank’s mission and priorities. Chair Powell said high inflation remains…
308 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discussed monetary policy and the economy in a virtual discussion with the Economic Club of Washington. Chair Powell warned that the post-COVID-19 pandemi…
219 viewsThe Economic Club of Washington hosted a two-panel discussion on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, upcoming legislation in Congress, and medical communities' response to the coronavi…
167 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke with the Economic Club of Washington’s David Rubenstein. The event occurred on the 20th day of a partial government shutdown. Mr. Powell said he bel…
455 viewsLarry Kudlow talked about the Trump administration’s economic and trade policy agenda. He also discussed the how the president makes decisions and handles policy disagreements among his team…
461 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke about the U.S. economy and monetary policy. She gave no pre-determined schedule for interest rate increases after the first hike, adding that economi…
190 viewsJeff Zients talked about the Obama administration’s efforts to continue spurring economic growth and job creation. He was interviewed by David Rubenstein during a breakfast meeting hosted by…
1,014 viewsWes Bush talked about the impact of defense budget cuts on his own Northrop Grumman company and the defense industry overall. Other topics included the future of drones, cybersecurity issues…
847 viewsTreasury Secretary Jack Lew talked about on the state of the economy, the Obama administration’s proposals to improve economic growth, and the fiscal challenges the White House was facing wi…
244 viewsAlan Krueger talked about the U.S. economy and unemployment rate. In his remarks, he defended President Obama’s budget plan, including raising taxes for the top two percent of wage-earners, …
321 viewsLloyd Blankfein talked about global economic issues. Topics included the European debt crisis, the global economy and lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis. On the LIBOR rate-fixing…
558 viewsEric Schmidt spoke about the economic and political challenges of the U.S. at home and abroad. In his remarks he warned against an Internet piracy bill making its way through Congress, sayin…
1,896 viewsGene Sperling discussed U.S. economic policy, President Obama’s jobs plan, tax reform, and deficit reduction negotiations. After his remarks he answered questions from the audience. Due to t…
243 viewsHouse Speaker John Boehner laid out recommendations for job creation. He argued that Congress should limit regulations he believed were killing jobs, make changes to the tax code, and cut sp…
2,106 viewsTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson talked about the role of government supported enterprises in supporting the housing market recovery. In his remarks he cautioned that allowing Fannie Mae and…
183 viewsSecretary Paulson spoke to business leaders about the importance of the free flow of trade to U.S. economic growth. He also talked about recent trends in the stock market and answered questi…
44 viewsMr. Immelt, head of the world’s largest industrial company, talked about “innovative democracy.” He spoke about the strength of the economy and said that the economies in Japan and Europe w…
154 viewsTreasury Secretary John Snow spoke about the state of the economy, recent growth data, and the prospect for creating jobs in the economy. Following his remarks he answered questions from the…
76 viewsKatharine Graham, Chairman of the Board of the Washington Post, spoke to the Economic Club of Washington about the economic climate for the communications industry.
149 viewsJohn Phelan, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, spoke at the Economic Club of Washington about the United States economy.
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