Climate protesters interrupted a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday, causing the central bank chief to be escorted off the stage.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was briefly escorted out of a room in Washington after climate protesters interrupted a speech that he was delivering on monetary policy . The protesters – who appeared to be from a group called Climate Defiance – were removed by security. The group's mission calls for "consistent, mass-turnout, nonviolent disruption to stop business as usual and compel politicians to act" in order to end fossil fuel extractions on federal lands and waters.
Climate protesters also forced Powell to be escorted off of the stage three weeks ago when he was about to deliver comments on the U.S. economy at an event in New York. His speech on Thursday was focused on inflation, monetary policy and the broader U.S. economy. Powell did not comment on the protesters when he returned. In his speech, Powell suggested that more work could be ahead for the central bank in its fight against inflation.
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