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fromemptywheel
3 weeks ago
US politics

The Jerome Powell Clusterfuck Is a Clusterfuck of Pam Bondi's Own Making - emptywheel

Jerome Powell received subpoenas seen as an attempt to undermine Federal Reserve independence and politicize monetary policy, provoking market reactions.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago
US politics

Republican lawmakers break from US president on Fed chair indictment

Former Fed chairs called DOJ threats to indict Chair Powell an unprecedented attempt to undermine Fed independence; Senator Murkowski supports blocking Trump's Fed nominees.
World news
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Top bankers from around the world react to Fed Chair Powell's DOJ battle with Trump

Global central bank leaders declared full solidarity with Fed Chair Jerome Powell and stressed the critical need to preserve central bank independence from political interference.
Business
fromFast Company
4 months ago

Markets rally as the Fed meets to decide on what could be 2025's first interest rate cut

Markets rally ahead of an expected Fed rate cut: stocks record highs, yields fall, gold and yuan rise, and political pressure on the Fed increases.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

US Fed's Powell poised to deliver key speech at Jackson Hole meeting business live

Jerome Powell will deliver a Jackson Hole speech that could indicate a near-term US rate cut while under political pressure and scrutiny.
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