Kai Risdahl

Can we talk about black women for a minute?

Because we have had through the years –

many economists on here, black women economists and other economists who have said black women are the driving force economically in their families.

When black women suffer, the entire black economy suffers and thus the entire economy suffers.

What, I mean, thoughts on that?

Benga Jalore, he's a chief economist at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.

Benga, thanks for your time, sir.

I appreciate it.

This final note on the way out today, I think it's important to hear from Chair Powell why he is going to stay at the Fed after his tenure as chair is done.

You know, my concern is really about the series of legal attacks on the Fed, which threaten our ability to conduct monetary policy without considering political factors.

And I want to note here, this has nothing whatever to do with verbal criticism by elected officials.

I've never suggested that such verbal criticism is a problem, and neither has anyone else here.

But these legal actions by the administration are unprecedented in our 113-year history, and there are ongoing threats of additional such actions.

That thing I say all the time, that the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy?

This is that.

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