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Trump’s attempts to influence Fed risk 1970s-style inflation and global backlash’

Analysts warn that White House pressure on US central bank to cut interest rates could put economy in danger

The Guardian - UK

Trump is close to naming the new Federal Reserve chief. His choice could raise the risk of stagflation

US President Donald Trump has signalled in an interview with the Wall Street Journal he is close to announcing his pick for the next chair of the US Federal Reserve.

The Conversation

Trump’s pick for Fed chair isn’t enough to threaten central bank independence, says top economist—especially if Jerome Powell decides to stick around

“The question then becomes, will Powell leave as a governor?”

Fortune

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Trump says he has a name to replace Powell—so Wall Street may need to contend with a ‘shadow Fed chair’ for the next half year

With Powell’s Fed term ending, Trump readies a new chair. Analysts eye Kevin Hassett and fear a “shadow chairman” could reshape U.S. monetary policy.

Fortune

Why Trump’s attacks on the Fed’s independence are so dangerous

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week. But the aggressive action Trump seeks could dramatically backfire

The Guardian - US

Elizabeth Warren fears Trump's next Fed pick won't have the 'brains and guts' to stand up to him

Warren added the next Fed chair will face a tough task proving they’re committed to central bank autonomy, as concerns grow that Trump may nominate someone more loyal to him than to economic principles.

Fortune

If Trump fires the Fed’s Powell ‘both the currency and the bond market can collapse,’ according to Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank's explosive scenario in a note titled, “What if ?”

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Trump is ‘extremely troubled’ by Fed’s approach, according to new letter, but bank official stands firm on independence

In a response to Fortune, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president Alberto Musalem defended the Fed’s autonomy, citing global evidence that independent central banks deliver stronger inflation and employment outcomes.

Fortune

Even fellow critics of the Federal Reserve want Trump to back off Powell as stocks and the dollar both slide

When politics interferes with the central bank’s ability to set monetary policy, inflation tends to be the result.

Fortune

Jamie Dimon thinks Trump's fixation with Jerome Powell is somewhat to be expected

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is unsurprised by President Trump’s push for lower inflation and interest rates—but warns that doesn’t mean the Oval Office can control them.

Fortune

Donald Trump is waging a very public war on Jerome Powell—so why hasn’t he picked up the phone?

President Trump has a lot to say about FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell—and yet it seems he won’t take his fight directly to the Fed.

Fortune

Donald Trump thinks he should influence Fed rates—here's what history and the law say

“It could be used to boost up the legacy of one president, only to destroy the economy in the future,” said Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group.

Fortune

Donald Trump thinks he should influence Fed rates—here's what history and the law say

“It could be used to boost up the legacy of one president, only to destroy the economy in the future,” said Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group.

Fortune

Trump's demand for influence over the Fed conjures comparisons to Nixon

Nixon's Fed chair Arthur Burns is viewed by many as the worst in the institution's history for failing to stand up to the White House.

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‘Dear Jay’: Jefferies strategist writes an apology letter template for all the ‘haters’ who doubt the Fed chair and his inflation fight

Jefferies’s David Zervos says Jerome Powell’s critics are nothing more than “Armageddonistas” who are “in desperate need of a fresh beatdown.”

Liverpool Echo

120 tributes, funeral and death notices from across Merseyside

People have paid tributes to loved ones, family and friends who passed away in recent weeks

Miami Herald

The Week Ahead: Why keeping politics out of the inflation fight matters

“Just kick ‘em in the rump a little,” the president told the chairman of the Federal Reserve four days before the central bank’s interest rate setting committee was to meet. The American economy was limping along, federal spending was a growing concern, and a war was raging halfway around the…

Benzinga

Pershing Square's Bill Ackman Weighs In Following Scorching Inflation Data

Consumer price inflation data set a new 40-year high in June, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

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The Fed is putting America's inflation problem on its shoulders

Chair Jerome Powell addressed the American public directly, and owned the current situation

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