Esther George

And I think at a time when you're beginning to see a transition around thinking about the stance of policy, it becomes ever more important for this committee to lean into those anecdotal as well as their official statistics.

So, Scarlett, I don't know how those conversations will unfold, obviously, but I think the point you make is this is an institution, as with many institutions, that we want the public to trust.

We want the public to believe that the decisions are made in the interest of long-run economic stability for this country, that growth can be promoted.

And if people begin to see cracks in

in the ability to trust an institution, making decisions on that basis, that can be problematic.

So we will continue to hope that people that come into these roles will carry out that tradition, carry out that very important role of focusing on what serves the long-term interest of this country.