Fed's Powell: Debt needs to be on a sustainable path

Following his prepared speech before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Fed Governor and future Chairman Jerome Powell is responding to questions from committee members, with key quotes (via Reuters & LiveSquawk) found below.

Banking system is healthy.

He & Quarles are ‘Wwll aligned’ on supervisory issues.

It would be ideal to have the GDP grow faster than the national debt.

The debt needs to be on a sustainable path.

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About Jerome Powell (via federalreserve.gov)

Jerome H. Powell took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on May 25, 2012, to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a term ending January 31, 2028.

Prior to his appointment to the Board, Mr. Powell was a visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where he focused on federal and state fiscal issues. From 1997 through 2005, Mr. Powell was a partner at The Carlyle Group.