Span radio app. Federal reserve chair Jerome Powell appear on capitol hill for the second time this week to testify on the Economic Impact of the coronavirus. This hearing is just over two hours. Welcome everybody. ,oday our select subcommittee some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely. Welcome everybody. Today our select subcommittee, some members will appear in person and others may appear et d , all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a mask or face covered. Ing. Over members who do not wear a Face Covering will not be recognized to speak. Let me make a few reminders about hearings. For those members appearing in able to seewill be members appearing remotely on the monitors in front of you. On one, you will see all the members appearing remotely at as gradehat is known view mode grid view mode. On the other monitor you will see each person speaking during the hearing when they are speaking, including members who are appearing remotely. For
Welcome everybody. ,oday our select subcommittee some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely. Since some members are appearing in person, let me remind , all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a mask or face covered. Ing. Over members who do not wear a Face Covering will not be recognized to speak. Let me make a few reminders about hearings. For those members appearing in able to seewill be members appearing remotely on the monitors in front of you. On one, you will see all the members appearing remotely at as gradehat is known view mode grid view mode. On the other monitor you will see each person speaking during the hearing when they are speaking, including members who are appearing remotely. For those members appearing remotely, you can see each person speaking during the hearing whether they are in person or remote if you have your web app set to active speaker mode. If you have any questions about this, contact a member of staff immediatel
And low inflation. The topic is regularly salient since last week, following an 18month review of his Monetary Policy strategy, the fed released a revised revision of its goals and Monetary Policy strategy. We are honored to have governor Lael Brainard to hear her thoughts on the topic. After we hear from governor brainard, there will be time for questioning and answers from the audience, then we will convene a panel to discuss the new said framework with ben bernanke, janet yellen, and roberto poley of cornerstone , and Julia Coronado of the university of texas. If you would like to post a question to lael on the panel, you can do so by emailed brookings. Edu. Governor brainard has had a long career of Public Service and in academia. She took office as a member of the feds board of governors in june, 2014. Before that, she served as undersecretary of the u. S. Department of treasury from 20102013, and transferred to secretary of the treasury in 2009. I had the opportunity to have work
Very much. And that was some greeting we had in North Carolina. Ill tell you, i dont know if you saw the crowd outside, its pretty amazing. But we had it in texas and ohio, South Carolina and florida its just incredible whats happening please sit down. Please. And im honored to be in North Carolina, the presence of true american heroes, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the american victory in world war ii and a victory it was. On september 2, 1945, the great general Douglas Macarthur accepted japans Unconditional Surrender aboard the u. S. S. Missouri in tokyo bay. It marked the end of the deadliest conflict in Human History and the ultimate trial of american freedom. It was a big day. It was a great triumph, great country. And our country is greater than ever before thats whats happening and its what it is. With a greater military, where the greater military than weve ever had before. [applause] were deeply moved to be joined this afternoon by world war ii veterans all of who
My name is stephanie aronson. Im the Vice President and director of the Economics Studies program here at brookings. Thank you for joining us for todays event, organized by our hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy on how the fed will respond to the covid19 recession in an away of low rates and lowflation the topic is particularly salient since last week, following an 18month review of its Monetary Policy strategy. The federal open Market Committee will be a revised version of its longer run goals and Monetary Policy strategies. We are honored to have governor board of governor here to offer her thoughts on the topic. After we hear from her there, will be time for questions and answers from the audience and panels to convene our discuss with ben bernanke, janet 12k0 and two marketers there will be more on that later in the program. In terms of questions, if you would like to pose a question, you can do so at email at events brookings. Edu. Before we begin, let me provide a shor