Menendez, progressives float Fed picks

Our Skanda Amarnath was mentioned in Politico by Victoria Guida and Zachary Warmbrodt.

“Julia is pretty unique in the fact that her job itself is one that’s a lot closer to what is probably the day-to-day judgments and decision-making processes of a Fed governor: having to monitor the financial markets and the economy in real time, and figure out what they mean,” he said. “If you’re thinking about a credible defender of full employment conditions, who’s still intellectually rigorous, data-driven, and not going to make arguments just purely out of political convenience, she stands out.”