Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts

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Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts

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Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House’s demands

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