3月25日,美联储主席鲍威尔在接受NPR采访时首次提出削减宽松。他指出,“随着经济发展复苏,人们将向公众提供指导。随着人们朝着目的取得实质性进展,人们将逐步减少购买美国国债和房屋抵押贷款证券。人们会比较慢,而且维持晶莹”(…as we make substantial further progress toward our goals, we will gradually roll back the amount of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities were buying。 So we will very, very gradually over time and with great transparency…)。