Jerome Powell

Well, they'd have all the regulators except for the CFPB. Very good. If, in fact, in the hypothetical, the CFPB weren't carrying that out.

No, I would say that, you know, overworked, maybe not overstaffed. Everybody at the Fed works really hard. It's a place where people work.

No, I would say that, you know, overworked, maybe not overstaffed. Everybody at the Fed works really hard. It's a place where people work.

So we're self-funding through our large balance sheet.

So we're self-funding through our large balance sheet.

You know, indirectly, so we give away all of our profits, we give back to Treasury, and those profits would be higher if we didn't pay for the Fed. So in fairness, it does ultimately come, it's ultimately paid for.

You know, indirectly, so we give away all of our profits, we give back to Treasury, and those profits would be higher if we didn't pay for the Fed. So in fairness, it does ultimately come, it's ultimately paid for.

Yeah, what are they talking about? In that sense, we're self-funded. Self-funded.

Yeah, what are they talking about? In that sense, we're self-funded. Self-funded.

Not really. It's not going to be easy to identify with any accuracy exactly where costs do fall, but I think it would be hard to guarantee any particular outcome. I think we're just going to have to see. Great. Thank you.

Not really. It's not going to be easy to identify with any accuracy exactly where costs do fall, but I think it would be hard to guarantee any particular outcome. I think we're just going to have to see. Great. Thank you.

We know that reducing policy restraint too fast or too much could hinder progress on inflation.

We know that reducing policy restraint too fast or too much could hinder progress on inflation.

A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry says the summit is being called in response to a Palestinian request. It says the leaders will gather on February 27th to discuss, quote, the new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian issue. Arab states have rejected Trump's recent comments about relocating Gaza's Palestinian residents and creating a Riviera of the Middle East there.

A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry says the summit is being called in response to a Palestinian request. It says the leaders will gather on February 27th to discuss, quote, the new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian issue. Arab states have rejected Trump's recent comments about relocating Gaza's Palestinian residents and creating a Riviera of the Middle East there.

Several countries are also condemning the suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Saudi Arabia has enough land for a Palestinian state. Netanyahu appeared to be joking in response to a slip by an Israeli TV interviewer, but sensitivities are running high in the region. Jerome Sokolovsky, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Several countries are also condemning the suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Saudi Arabia has enough land for a Palestinian state. Netanyahu appeared to be joking in response to a slip by an Israeli TV interviewer, but sensitivities are running high in the region. Jerome Sokolovsky, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu is under pressure from some in his government to resume the war against Hamas, especially after its displays of force during recent hostage releases. Netanyahu spoke to reporters before boarding a plane to Washington. He talked about the peace treaties with Arab countries that the last Trump administration helped broker.

Netanyahu is under pressure from some in his government to resume the war against Hamas, especially after its displays of force during recent hostage releases. Netanyahu spoke to reporters before boarding a plane to Washington. He talked about the peace treaties with Arab countries that the last Trump administration helped broker.

And he said Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and against Iran and its other proxies have redrawn the map of the Middle East.