Powell defends Federal Reserve in Princeton speech
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The president has frequently criticized the chair of the Federal Reserve over the central bank’s interest rate decisions.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the central bank's response to the COVID-19 pandemic Sunday in a Princeton University commencement speech in which he also praised government employees and U.
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