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4 big questions about Powell vs. Trump
(Yahoo Finance) Fed Chair Jerome Powell is done playing nice.
After months of seeking to avoid confrontation with the president, even after the White House heightened its pressure campaign to oust him and exert more influence over the central bank, Powell has finally punched back.
And it would be hard to blame him. The Justice Department has initiated a criminal probe of the Fed chair into whether he lied to Congress, throwing the weight of the federal government against a public servant that the president seeks to oust.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-big-questions-about-powell-vs-trump-110010075.html