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Chicago Fed chief: Central bank must be independent of politics
Austan Goolsbee, the Chicago Fed chief, defended the central bank's independence in a Sunday morning talk-show interview.
Fed's Goolsbee hopes US not moving to where monetary independence is questioned - CBS 'Face the Nation'
Austan Goolsbee told CBS' "Fact the Nation" that central banks that have the ability to conduct monetary policy with no ...
Klobuchar: There’s a reason we have an independent Fed
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who sits on the Senate Commerce Committee, weighed in on President Trump’s recent fight against ...
Can Trump Fire Jerome Powell? President Calls for Fed Chair's Termination and Again Demands the Central Bank Cut Interest Rates
President Donald Trump has once again slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over high interest rates, calling for the ...
Stocks and dollar fall as Trump's Fed attacks jangle nerves
Asian equities and U.S. stock futures slid on Monday as anxiety over tariffs and public criticism of the Federal Reserve by ...
Amid Trump's feud with Jerome Powell, a GOP senator says the Fed Chair has 'tiger blood' and will 'do what he thinks is right'
Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he doesn't think Trump can oust Powell as chair of the ...
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee says a move by Trump to terminate Jerome Powell would ‘undermine the credibility of the Fed’
President Donald Trump said this week Fed chair Jerome Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough.” That’s led to a debate ...
Fed's Powell says tariffs could lead to inflation, economic slowdown
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a speech today that President Trump's tariffs are likely to boost U.S. inflation.
Fed chairman Jerome Powell warns of tariff strife as President Trump seeks lower interest rates
President Donald Trump can't wait for Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's "termination," after Chicago speech. Here's ...