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...And so we’ve really seen a reinvigoration of the commitment to competition, which levels the playing field for small businesses,” Brainard said....
...“Even as prices have come down on important items like a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs, some corporations aren’t passing those savings on to consumers,” Lael Brainard, director of the White House’s National...
...Additional reporting by James Politi in Washington...
...We know housing affordability continues to be a squeeze for so many Americans,” Brainard said....
...Brainard will replace Brian Deese, while Bernstein will take over from Cecilia Rouse....
...At work, Brainard is known to be rigorous and demanding — and to many a role model....
...Brainard’s appointment comes at a political inflection point within the White House....
...Brainard being considered for the role was first reported by the Washington Post....
...Jefferson will fill a position left vacant by Lael Brainard, who left the Fed in February after serving as vice-chair for less than a year to join the Biden administration as the president’s top economic...
...“The president vowed to put in place a very different approach, an approach that grows the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, and that is very focused on growing our middle class,” Lael Brainard...
...What’s more, growth isn’t concentrated in just the usual places but has been strong around the country: national economic adviser Lael Brainard has been out touting the administration’s focus on “place-based...
...Administration officials at the meeting included Jake Sullivan, the National Security Council director; Lael Brainard, the National Economic Council director; Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, and Jeff...
...But crucial figures, including Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, National Economic Council director Lael Brainard and White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, were closely following developments....
...A White House official said that from Friday he received regular briefings on the unfolding situation from two top aides who had just taken on new roles at the White House: Lael Brainard, the former Fed...
...“It turns out that was wrong,” Brainard added....
...Failing to bring down inflation, and allowing expectations of future price increases to spiral, was likely to mean more economic pain later on, chair Jay Powell and vice-chair Lael Brainard said last week...
...They, along with James Bullard of St Louis and Neel Kashkari of Minneapolis, have said the Fed is not yet close to pausing its rate rises....
...Lael Brainard, the Fed’s vice-chair, on Wednesday said tackling high inflation was the central bank’s most “pressing challenge”....
...Brainard’s approach to climate-related risks has earned her plaudits from progressive Democrats, who had for months lobbied the Biden administration to replace Powell with Brainard....
...Lael Brainard, the Fed’s vice-chair, has expressed hope that a reduction in retail margins “could meaningfully help reduce inflationary pressures in some consumer goods”....
...“Staying the course” has very much been the message of the week from central bankers, including Lael Brainard, vice-chair of the US Federal Reserve and John Williams, New York Fed president, who both echoed...
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