A Year After Pandemic, Fed Will Pull Back On Emergency Economic Support

Published March 25, 2021 at 7:13 AM EDT

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell about the economic recovery. One year ago, the Fed was creating trillions of dollars to help avoid economic collapse.

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