Jerome Powell and the Future of Fed Independence
15 May - 28 mins
Podcast Series
Planet Money
If you have a credit card, hope to buy a house, or just want stable grocery prices – let’s talk about the future of Fed independence!
It’s impossibly important for the Federal Reserve to steer monetary policy without political interference – an ideal pushed to its brink during Jerome Powell’s time as Fed Chair.
Powell’s Fed faced a once-in-a-century pandemic, oversaw the economy as inflation spiked to about 9 percent … went back down to nearly 2 percent … and has started to go back up as the U.S. has gone to war and continued to try and implement the most comprehensive tariffs since the early 1900s.
But perhaps Powell will be best remembered as a target – of angry tweets, speeches, and ul...
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