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Related: About this forumThe Wall Street Journal.: Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Fed's Independence
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Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Feds Independence
Some Trump advisers argue that the president should be consulted on interest-rate decisions
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A policy vision for the Federal Reserve is outlined in a draft document. MORIAH RATNER/BLOOMBERG NEWS
By Andrew Restuccia,
https://twitter.com/andrewrestuccia
andrew.restuccia@wsj.com
Nick Timiraos
https://twitter.com/NickTimiraos
Nick.Timiraos@wsj.com
and Alex Leary
https://twitter.com/learyreports
alex.leary@wsj.com
April 25, 2024 9:00 pm ET
WASHINGTONDonald Trumps allies are quietly drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserves independence if the former president wins a second term, in the midst of a deepening divide among his advisers over how aggressively to challenge the central banks authority.
Former Trump administration officials and other supporters of the presumptive GOP nominee have in recent months discussed a range of proposals, from incremental policy changes to a long-shot assertion that the president himself should play a role in setting interest rates. A small group of the former presidents allieswhose work is so secretive that even some prominent former Trump economic aides werent aware of ithas produced a roughly 10-page document outlining a policy vision for the central bank, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Feds Independence
Some Trump advisers argue that the president should be consulted on interest-rate decisions
{snip illustration}
A policy vision for the Federal Reserve is outlined in a draft document. MORIAH RATNER/BLOOMBERG NEWS
By Andrew Restuccia,
https://twitter.com/andrewrestuccia
andrew.restuccia@wsj.com
Nick Timiraos
https://twitter.com/NickTimiraos
Nick.Timiraos@wsj.com
and Alex Leary
https://twitter.com/learyreports
alex.leary@wsj.com
April 25, 2024 9:00 pm ET
WASHINGTONDonald Trumps allies are quietly drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserves independence if the former president wins a second term, in the midst of a deepening divide among his advisers over how aggressively to challenge the central banks authority.
Former Trump administration officials and other supporters of the presumptive GOP nominee have in recent months discussed a range of proposals, from incremental policy changes to a long-shot assertion that the president himself should play a role in setting interest rates. A small group of the former presidents allieswhose work is so secretive that even some prominent former Trump economic aides werent aware of ithas produced a roughly 10-page document outlining a policy vision for the central bank, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Wall Street Journal.: Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Fed's Independence (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2024
OP
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! If the F**KING morons in this country end up electing the fascist orange dictator
JohnSJ
Apr 2024
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JohnSJ
(95,974 posts)1. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! If the F**KING morons in this country end up electing the fascist orange dictator
the country will be so over.
Firestorm49
(4,176 posts)2. Trump having influence on the Central Bank? Lord save us all! This guy doesn't even know how to feed a parking
meter, much less have a say on how interest rates affect the lives of lower to middle class citizens.
bucolic_frolic
(46,561 posts)3. You want to destroy the currency and economy, THAT is the solution.
The path to freedom and free markets does not run through Dictatorship Central Planned Economy.