Lael Brainard

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Josh Barro |Lael Brainard |Conor Sen

Josh Barro, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Lael Brainard, the director of the National Economic Council from 2023 to 2025 and a former vice chair of the Federal Reserve, and Conor Sen, a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, to discuss the risks to and uncertainty in Donald Trump's economy. Josh Barro: It's been more than two weeks since "Liberation Day," the day Trump announced massive tariffs that sent global financial markets reeling.