🚨⚠️Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sounds the Authoritarian alarm bells this evening 🚨⚠️: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions; or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation." | The Resistance

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the Trump administration threatened to indict him over a Congressional testimony he gave last summer on a Fed building project, calling it a 'pretext' to gain more influence over the central bank and monetary policy https://reut.rs/49Qce8o | Reuters

345K views · 2.6K reactions | Fed Chair Jerome Powell sees the Fed policy as appropriate despite the rising threat from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “The risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation appear to have risen, and we believe that the current stance of monetary policy leaves us well positioned to respond in a timely way to potential economic development,” the central bank leader said during his post-meeting news conference. Find more: cnb.cx/42NjnmI | CNBC | Facebook