# Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell - Federal Reserve Board

<https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."

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- [WT337: Weekly Thing 337 / Sunrise, Vision, Offline](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/337/), Briefly

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