It’s a historic moment for the US Federal Reserve. While Donald Trump isn’t the first president to put pressure on the central bank, he is the only one who has tried to fire one of its governors. And while established economic principles provide the Fed with good reason to resist political bullying, it’s the markets that actually hold the cards. How they react may determine the fate of the Fed’s independence.
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