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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during an interview by David Rubenstein, Chairman of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Julia Nikhinson/Getty Images
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell was tricked by a pair of Russian pranksters in January posing as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy via a phone call.
In a video shown on Russian state television, Powell, who thought he was speaking to Zelenskyy, answered several questions ranging from his outlook on inflation to the Russian central bank.
