Alan Blinder

I hope it's not the way we're going to select them in the future.

And it makes a mockery of Federal Reserve independents.

If you asked me this yesterday, I would have said he will leave the board as previous chairs have.

Now I'm wondering, I mean, I haven't talked to him about this, but I'm wondering now if he will try to hang on there to preserve what little independence the Fed maintains.

You'll have noticed that Tom Tillis has suggested he won't allow any more Fed confirmations

until this legal matter is over.

So we may be waiting on that.

We will see.

My pleasure.

Thanks.