Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, told Newsmax, Wednesday, he is concerned the Federal Reserve is putting its finger on the scale for partisan reasons.

Hassett dismissed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s claim that tariffs are becoming inflationary.

“The idea that inflation is taking off because of tariffs is not visible in the data whatsoever,” Hassett told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “I don’t really know what he’s talking about there.”

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