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Is Powell’s Fed head independence dead? It’s just one more diversionary Trump trick

  • Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Stephen Henriques--Fortune
  • published date: 2026-01-12 23:23:53 UTC

You know what we're not talking about amid the latest Fed dustup? Trump's awful polling numbers, even among his own supporters.

The only surprising quality regarding President Trump unleashing federal investigators to prepare potential prosecution criminal charges against the highly respected Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powe… [+5779 chars]