Kevin Hassett says Fed economists should be 'disciplined' over tariff study

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Wednesday called for the New York Federal Reserve to punish economists who published a research paper that found that the bulk of the burden of the Trump administration's tariffs are falling on U.S. businesses and consumers.

"The paper is an embarrassment. It's, I think, the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Federal Reserve system," Hassett said in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

"The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined...