According to a Gallop poll published on May 2, the public’s confidence in America’s current economic leaders has been deteriorating.
“No. I don’t,” Powell told the Bloomberg Television reporter Mike McKee. “A good example of why would be that, so in the fourth quarter of last year, as we started talking about tapering sooner and then raising rates this year. You saw financial markets reacting. You know, very appropriately.” The Federal Reserve chief added:
Not to bless any particular day’s measure. But the way financial markets, you know, the forward rate curve has tightened in response to our guidance and our actions really amplifies our policy. I mean, its monetary policy is working through expectations now, to a very large extent. Moreover, Powell also told the Bloomberg reporter that the U.S. central bank decided to choose the June 1 date to “begin letting securities roll off” on a mere whim. “It was just pick a date, you know, and that happens to be that happened to be the date that we picked,” Powell stressed to McKee. “[There] was nothing magic about it. You know, it’s not going to have any macroeconomic significance over time,” he added.
The Gallop poll shows that since U.S. inflation has risen a great deal, “Americans’ confidence ratings for Biden’s and Powell’s economic management declined by double digits.” The poll says less than half of American adults said they have “‘a great deal’ or ‘a fair amount’ of confidence” in Biden’s and Powell’s economic management. Powell scored a 43% and Joe Biden scored an even lower 40%.
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