Neel Kashkari

I thought that Director Hassett's comments, though, you know, he went on and he said that he disagreed with the results and the researchers should be punished or they should be disciplined for their conclusions.

I think this is just another step to try to compromise the Fed's independence.

I think we all believe very strongly that the U.S.

economy is best served by having an independent Federal Reserve making monetary policy decisions based on data and analysis and nothing else.