Lael Brainard will call inflation ‘too high’ at nomination hearing for Fed vice chair. Ms. Brainard, a Federal Reserve governor who President Biden nominated for vice chair, will say the central bank is focused on getting price gains back down.
Fed's Brainard: Controlling inflation is 'most important task'
Controlling inflation that has spiked to nearly a 40-year high is the "most important task" facing the Federal Reserve right now, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in prepared remarks for a Senate hearing on Thursday on her nomination to become vice chair o
Brainard vows to help combat inflation as No. 2 Fed official
Lael Brainard pledged in written remarks to help the Federal Reserve fight a spike in inflation while still supporting the economic recovery — a tricky balancing act she would face if confirmed as the Fed’s No. 2 official
Lael Brainard predicts that the Fed will engineer a soft economic landing.
Ms. Brainard, a Federal Reserve governor who has been nominated to be the central bank’s vice chair, said she expects workers will come back as the economy chugs along.