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Scott Bessent: “Under Chair Powell's watch, we will have seen between four…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 11:16

Look, I think that the Fed's monetary policy independence is very important. I think that a lot of the issues around the independence are being created by the other things that are happening. So let's look Under Chair Powell's watch, we will have seen between four to six governors and presidents have to resign for ethical issues. That's out of 19, Joe. If that happened at a Wall street firm, CEO would be out. And we found out in hindsight most of the time it's not transparent. (11:16–11:25)

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Asserts that 4-6 Federal Reserve governors and presidents resigned due to ethical issues under Chair Powell.

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