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Trump’s Threat to Fire Powell Risks Undermining Fed Independence, Destabilizing Markets

President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are intensifying legal and economic uncertainty, according to CNBC. Legal experts say Trump lacks clear authority to remove the Fed chair without cause,

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Trump's Fed attacks puncture veneer of central bank independence

If U.S. President Donald Trump's public attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have achieved one thing, it has been to thrust the issue of central bank independence firmly into the spotlight.

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The next Fed chair's dilemma: Maintain Fed independence while pleasing Trump

It is becoming clear what the major challenge will be for Jerome Powell's successor: maintaining the Fed's independence while keeping President Trump happy.

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Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen: The Fed Must Be Independent

Ben S. Bernanke was chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, appointed by President George W. Bush. Janet L. Yellen ...

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Economist: If the Federal Reserve’s independence is compromised, expect inflation to rise

New economic data shows inflation ticked higher in June to 2.7%, prompting many economists to agree with Federal Reserve ...

Why Trump is looking for 'fraud' in US Fed office renovation

President Donald Trump is intensifying scrutiny of the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation suggesting ...

Explainer-Why Trump's Push for a 1% Fed Policy Rate Could Spell Trouble for US Economy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve should set its benchmark interest rate at 1% to ...

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The US economy is in a good place, but the Federal Reserve is not

The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst.

Republican senators caution Trump against firing Fed chair Jerome Powell

As Trump seemingly waffled back and forth this week on trying to dismiss the Fed chair, some Republicans in Congress began to ...

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Federal Reserve Can Fight Recession With Lessons from Its Past

In the 1930s and 1970s, the Fed lost its way, and the economy went off the rails. Those experiences demonstrated that without an effective central bank, the US economy suffers, sometimes ...

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