Ron DeSantis has vowed to “rein in” the Federal Reserve if he wins the White House, as he used his first big 2024 campaign speech on the economy to blame the US central bank for high inflation, considering a digital currency and straying into social policy.
The Florida governor, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, criticised the Fed during an event in New Hampshire on Monday as he tries to reboot his struggling campaign, which has him trailing former president Donald Trump by a wide margin in national polls.
DeSantis used the speech to strike a distinctly populist tone as he laid out his economic agenda, promising to curb the power of large corporations and elites and further limit commercial ties with China.