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Trump versus the Federal Reserve: Understanding the Coming Confrontation

If Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, he has plans to shakeup the leadership of the Fed. I assess the strength of those ideas - politically, legally - in this deep dive.

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Peter Conti-Brown
Oct 23, 2024
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A short history of political meddling with the Federal Reserve

Prediction models and markets are calling the 2024 election something of a coin toss, far closer than either 2016 or 2020. The question on everyone’s lips, then, is simple enough: what does this mean for the Federal Reserve?

Okay, probably not everyone’s lips, but more than a few. It has been reported that the Trump campaign is contemplating some serious…

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