Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faced heated questions on Tuesday from senators criticizing the central bank’s trading guidelines and financial regulation. Speaking to members of the Senate Banking Committee a day after two regional Fed presidents being scrutinized for their investment trades announced their retirements, Powell defended the central bank and vowed to improve policies where needed. “This is a blow to the image of the central bank,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said about the trading controversy. He asked Powell about what steps he is taking to protect the “impartiality” of the Fed. This followed some criticisms shared at the start of the hearing, when Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the head of the Senate Banking Committee, said he plans to introduce legislation that would ban Fed officials from owning individual stocks. Powell, who earlier this month ordered a review of the Fed’s ethics rules, added that the central bank is …
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