Federal Reserve Governor Barr is scheduled to speak on artificial intelligence in 10 minutes at the Fed’s annual financial inclusion conference.

上周，在《纽约时报》记者在刊登了一篇与特朗普关于卡塔尔赠予的新“空军一号”说法相矛盾的报道仅两天后，就收到了提及“涉嫌违反联邦刑法”的传票。涉事记者强烈怀疑，这些传票是特朗普因对新闻报道感到愤怒而仓促发出的。《纽约时报》执行主编乔·卡恩在发给员工的备忘录中表示，这些传票非常“冲动”，并谴责这种“公然恐吓个别记者”以阻止报道的行为。卡恩表示，法律保护新闻采集者免受这种报复性滥用检察权力的行为，法院必须重申这一保护并制止这种越权行为。我们有信心他们会在本案中这样做。 尽管对记者“滥用”法律权力历来争议极大，但往届政府的官员有时会辩称，这是在穷尽其他调查途径后的最后手段。而这一次，传票似乎更像是第一步。美国联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔在传票送达《纽约时报》记者手中前不久，于周五被召至白宫参加有关泄密调查的会议。著名第一修正案律师弗洛伊德·艾布拉姆斯表示，他想不出有哪个先例，能让总统本人这么直接地插手这种事。更想不到有哪种情况，能有这么充分的证据表明，总统亲自拍板决定去逼媒体交出消息来源。“而且最关键的是，”艾布拉姆斯接着说，“我想不出有哪个话题，能让公众如此迫切地想了解真相，而这种想了解的心情又是如此完全正当。”

Kevin Warsh told a congressional hearing he will not provide forward guidance on interest rates and largely avoided discussing specific rate policy. He said the Fed is firmly committed to price stability and to driving disinflation back to a 2% target, and that the central bank has the tools to do so. Warsh said the Fed will reassess its inflation framework to better understand drivers of inflation and potential policy responses. Newly created working groups remain in a research phase; discussions will occur among the 19 policymakers, with the process conducted transparently and research and policy ideas shared periodically. On balance-sheet policy he said the balance sheet is part of monetary policy, not just market plumbing, and any adjustments would be communicated well in advance to give markets time to prepare. Asked about potential political interference, including from Trump, Warsh said he will continue to execute his duties and defend the Fed’s policy independence.