Kevin Hassett

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2,195 appearances 192 recordings 16 series first heard Jun 2025 last heard 10 Aug

Kevin Hassett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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and with addressing some of the key things that underpin what has been Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions in the past.
We've made some progress over the last 48 hours working with our partners in the Gulf region on an outline that could ultimately, if it succeeds, leave us not just with a completely open straits, and I mean open straits without tolls,
and with addressing some of the key things that underpin what has been Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions in the past.
I was there at the Fed working when Alan Greenspan made sure that we were focused like a laser beam on monetary policy, on the dual mandate, and sort of shut up about everything else.
And I think that Kevin's going to do a great job.
He's going to really turn that institution around.
The Fed has lost its way a little bit, that it's sort of...
lost track of its mission, it's doing DEI stuff, climate change, and all that kind of stuff.
The idea that the Fed has lost its way a little bit, that it's sort of lost track of its mission, it's doing DEI stuff, climate change and all that kind of stuff.
And I think that he wants to restore that independence by returning to its roots.
It is sounding like we are not going to be able to clear this issue in time today, so we are going to be standing down from a launch.
and so uh for sure in the aggregate we're looking at four percent economic growth because of all the productivity from ai all the capital spending and so on but the drag on the economy is that the blue states are actually hemorrhaging jobs and so if we disappoint at all it'll be because of like what happens to new york state what happens to california because of these misguided policies
right to work.
And we did an analysis when we first got into the White House that showed that almost all of the job creation that happened under President Biden was the employment of illegal aliens.
And so by securing the border, by reinforcing immigration law, you know, there were some that said that we never we wouldn't have enough workers to grow the economy.
You can remember that.
But in fact, what has happened is great high paying jobs have been going to American citizens, which is really what the intent of President Trump's policy was.
If you look at how fast the capital stock is growing, that's sort of like how much stuff that we make stuff with.
It's between 5% and 8% right now.
If you divide that by three, that's about how much GDP growth you get out of just capital spending.
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