“It was a friendly conversation,' a Fed spokesperson said.
“It was a friendly conversation,” a Fed spokesperson said.
An alleged video of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s conversation was shown on Russian state television and reported by Bloomberg News. | (Francis Chung/POLITICOFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke on the phone early this year with someone posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Fed confirmed — an embarrassing episode for the central bank chief.
An alleged video of Powell’s conversation was shown on Russian state television and reported by Bloomberg News. The Fed said the footage appears to have been edited and therefore could not confirm its accuracy. “Chair Powell participated in a conversation in January with someone who misrepresented himself as the Ukrainian president,” a Fed spokesperson said in a statement. “It was a friendly conversation and took place in a context of our standing in support of the Ukrainian people in this challenging time. No sensitive or confidential information was discussed.
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