Federal Reserve press conference, 2022-12-14 — Chair Jerome Powell

Question (Nicole Goodkind, CNN): In the short term, are you factoring in these exacerbations or potential exacerbations in the economy? Are you monitoring them?
Answer: We do, yes. We absolutely do. We look at—it’s our regular practice to talk about unemployment rates by different groups, including racial groups and that sort of thing. We do. We keep our eye on that.