Ex-Fed chairmen condemn Trump’s attempt to weaken the central bank’s independence

Ex-Fed chairmen condemn Trump’s attempt to weaken the central bank’s independence

Every living former head of the Federal Reserve condemned an “unprecedented” attempt by the Trump administration to weaken the independence of the US central bank after the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into its chairman, Jerome Powell. Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen warned that similar attacks in other countries … Read more