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Alan Blinder: When Presidents Pummel the Fed


Before Bill Clinton, such browbeating was the norm. Powell has endured Trump’s assaults with dignity. Two and a half cheers for my friend (that’s a disclosure) Jay Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. I’ll come back to the half, but the two cheers are for the exemplary way he has conducted himself in office. That includes most of

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Posted: September 18, 2019 Wednesday 06:54 PM