Central bank independence ‘fundamental’ for good policy: Fed official

An independent central bank is “fundamental” to getting good economic outcomes, a senior Federal Reserve official said Thursday, shortly after Donald Trump won the US presidential race. The Fed has a dual mandate from Congress to act independently to tackle both inflation and unemployment — primarily by raising and lowering interest rates. Anything that undermines […]

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