2026年3月9日 美国东部时间晚上9:38 / 路透社
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2026年1月28日，美国华盛顿特区，联邦公开市场委员会(FOMC)为期两天的利率政策会议后，美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔在新闻发布会上做手势。路透社/乔纳森·恩斯特 [购买许可权，新标签页打开]
3月9日（路透社）- 日程表显示，美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔在其1月11日披露美国司法部对其向国会陈述展开调查后的一周内，与美国议员进行了一连串通话。
日程标注并未透露这13次通话的具体内容，每次通话时长为10或15分钟。但这些通话发生在鲍威尔周日晚间发表罕见视频声明之后——他在声明中称司法部的传票是“借口”，旨在加剧特朗普政府对美联储降息的施压。
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鲍威尔通话的几位议员，包括阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基和路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪，均发表公开声明支持鲍威尔，并谴责司法部调查。鲍威尔还与参议院银行委员会主席蒂姆·斯科特进行了交谈，斯科特后来表示，他认为鲍威尔能力不足，但可能没有犯罪。
没有与共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯通话的记录。在鲍威尔发表视频声明后不久，蒂利斯誓言将利用其在参议院银行委员会的席位，在司法部调查持续期间阻挠任何美联储提名人选。
美联储通常会在约两个月后公布鲍威尔的月度日程表。
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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普已提名前美联储理事凯文·沃什在鲍威尔5月15日任期结束时接替他。
蒂利斯的阻挠实际上冻结了这一进程，尽管财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示确认听证会将如期举行。
在担任美联储主席的八年中，鲍威尔将与监督美国央行的参议员和国会议员沟通作为其施政特点，与美国政治代表进行一对一会议和通话的时间比任何现代美联储主席都要多。
但即便对鲍威尔而言，1月11日当周也非同寻常。他上一次在一周内与更多议员通话是在2025年2月，当时正值他半年两次前往国会作证之前——通常他会通过与关键议员的一系列一对一沟通来做准备。
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Fed Chair Powell held 13 calls with US lawmakers in week after DOJ probe disclosure
March 9, 2026 9:38 PM UTC / Reuters
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gestures during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst [Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab]
March 9 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a flurry of calls with U.S. lawmakers in the week following his January 11 disclosure of a Department of Justice investigation into his statements to Congress, his calendar shows.
The calendar notations did not indicate the content of the 13 calls, each of which lasted 10 or 15 minutes. But they took place in the days immediately after Powell, in an unusual Sunday evening video statement, called the DOJ’s subpoenas “pretexts” for intensifying the Trump administration’s pressure on the Fed to cut interest rates.
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Several of the lawmakers Powell spoke with, including Republican senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Kennedy of Louisiana, issued public statements of support for Powell and condemnation of the DOJ probe. Powell also spoke with Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott, who later said he felt Powell was inept but probably did not commit a crime.
There was no record of a call with Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who shortly after Powell’s video statement vowed to use his spot on the Senate Banking Committee to block any Fed nominee while the DOJ probe stays open.
The Fed releases Powell’s monthly calendars with about a two-month lag.
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President Donald Trump has nominated former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to replace Powell when his leadership term ends May 15.
Tillis’ hold effectively freezes that process, though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has indicated that a confirmation hearing will go forward.
Powell has made outreach to the senators and congressmen who oversee the U.S. central bank a hallmark of his eight years as Fed chair, spending more time in one-on-one meetings and in phone calls with Americans’ political representatives than any modern Fed chair.
But even for Powell the week of January 11 was unusual. The last time he spoke with more lawmakers in a single week was in February 2025, ahead of his twice-yearly testimony before Congress for which he usually prepares with a series of one-on-ones with key lawmakers.
Reporting by Ann Saphir, editing by Deepa Babington
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