That broadly speaking if we dont get that, there would certainly be Downside Risks certainly through the channel i mentioned. Thank you cnn. Thanks for taking my question chairman powell, give us an update to the policy framework and repeated calls for this and this event, is the fed open to other parts of the economy such as income inequality and Affordable Housing we monitor everything we think is important in the u. S. Economy. In a broad sense, all of it goes into thinking about Monetary Policy you mentioned inequality so disparities in income and Financial Wellbeing demographic and racial categories, something we monitor carefully, inequality, which i would point to its a multifaceted thing, stagnation of nat the lower end of the income and lower mobility those are things that hold back our economy. They are the thing is we dont really have the tools to address those. We have Interest Rates and Bank Supervision and Financial Stability policy and things like that, but we cant get a
Certainly through the channel i mentioned. Thank you. Thanks for taking my question. Chairman powell, [ inaudible ] to the policy framework, is the fed open to other measures of the economy such as income inequality and affordability of housing . So we monitor everything we think is important in the u. S. Economy and in a broad sense, all of it goes into thinking about Monetary Policy. You mentioned inequality. You know, disparities in income and in Financial Wellbeing by various demographic and racial categories, something we monitor carefully, inequality which i would point to its a multifaceted thing but i would point to the relative stagnation of incomes for people at the lower end of the income spectrum and also lower mobility. So those are things that hold back our economy. They are. The thing is, we dont really have the tools to address those. We have Interest Rates and Bank Supervision and Financial Stability policy and things like that, but we cant get at those things through
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
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
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 short introduction to governor brainerd who has had a long career of Public Service in ack deema. She took office as member of the feds board of governors in june, 2014. Before that, she served as undersecretary of the u. S. Departments of the treasury from 2010 to 2013