Fed Chair Jerome Powell On Inflation Concerns

Published July 15, 2021 at 11:06 AM CDT

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is on Capitol Hill this week testifying before Congress about monetary policy and inflation.

NPR’s chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley shares an update on Powell’s testimony.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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