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

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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

Defending a territory already on the way out

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Defending a territory already on the way out

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Jan 10 (Reuters) – When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has drifted steadily away from it and steadily moved toward independence since 1979. President Donald Trump’s threats to occupy Greenland have sparked … Read more