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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Heather Stewart Economics editor

Global central banks offer ‘full solidarity’ to US Fed’s Powell amid Trump threats

From left: Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell; Bank of Japan governor, Kazuo Ueda; European Central Bank president, Christine Lagarde; and Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic policy symposium.
From left: Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell; Bank of Japan governor, Kazuo Ueda; European Central Bank president, Christine Lagarde; and Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic policy symposium. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

Global central banks have issued an extraordinary joint statement offering “full solidarity” to the US Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, in the face of the latest threat to his independence from Donald Trump’s White House.

“The independence of central banks is a cornerstone of price, financial and economic stability in the interest of the citizens that we serve. It is therefore critical to preserve that independence, with full respect for the rule of law and democratic accountability,” the statement said.

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