#federal-reserve-independence

#federal-reserve-independence

Lawyers with the justice department have issued subpoenas for the investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal. Last month, Trump moved to fire Cook over unconfirmed claims that she listed two properties as her primary residence. Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing and Finance Agency and a close ally of Trump, alleged Cook had lied on bank documents and records to obtain a better mortgage rate.

He is breaking with decades of precedent and allegedly the law to attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a Biden-era appointee to the bank's board of governors. It appears to be part of his campaign to demand lower interest rates, which is a lousy policy when inflation hasn't quite cooled. Trump has done little otherwise to bring prices down. His aggressive tariff regime, certainly, will punish many families - especially when it's not coupled with a new industrial policy or jobs program.