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As a Republican, Trump tryna fire Powell is a massive mistake
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Anonymous 9w

Are you saying this because he’s not allowed to fire him or because you think he should continue to be the chairman

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

Fed independence is critical to financial markets and interrupting that would send bond yields through the roof. Everyone knows his successor would just try to influence the fomc to cut rates so the stock market shoots up. It’d backfire and yields would rise due to expected inflation and wouldn’t actually decrease US borrowing costs.

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