# Professor Michael Spence is interviewed about monetary policy and political criticism of the Federal Reserve

1 Faculty News September 28, 2016 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg_0.jpg?itok=qy2YlnxP)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-09-28/spence-politically-piling-on-fed-is-not-helpful) -- "A serious discussion of what the Central Bank ought to be doing, and conditional on what, is a good thing. But I think piling on in a way that threatens its independence or its integrity or so on is not helpful."

[Watch the video](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-09-28/spence-politically-piling-on-fed-is-not-helpful)