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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Nils Pratley

US bond markets should be in revolt. Fed independence matters

Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell moves to the podium at the White House
Donald Trump and the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, in 2017. Does Trump recognise how undermining the Fed could backfire on him and the US? Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

Well said, Jerome Powell. The chair of the US Federal Reserve responded to news of a subpoena from the US Department of Justice with a statement that was extraordinary, necessary and stark.

A criminal investigation into the Fed, and him personally, over the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters is an attempt to bully officials into setting policy according to the president’s whims, said Powell.

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