Kai Risdahl

So I wasn't actually going to go to politics this morning because you have a well-practiced answer to that question.

But I feel like I kind of have to now that you brought it up twice.

It is possible that the Fed is likely even that the Fed is going to become more politicized this year.

And the first time you and I spoke in 2018.

You were in the crosshairs of the president and the administration, and I asked you about it, and you said, you know what?

Control the controllable.

Can't do anything about it.

So the question is not what are you going to do about the politics of it.

The question is, what is your fear for the economy if the Fed becomes politicized?

That's not answering the question.

It wasn't back then, but I'm going to say it one more time.

The institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy.

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