• It's hard out there for a Fed chair

  • May 8 2025
  • Duración: 9 m
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It's hard out there for a Fed chair

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  • President Trump has flirted with firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell since returning to office, but can he legally do that? Not without good cause. Today on the show, the danger of Trump's amped up attacks on Powell and the Fed's independence.

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    Related listening:
    A primer on the Federal Reserve's Independence (Apple / Spotify)
    Arthur Burns: shorthand for Fed failure?

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