Trump can only afford to lose the support of four Republican senators in a vote for a new
#Fed chair
-- which means
#Tillis and
#Murkowski’s vows not to support any nominee until the case against Powell is resolved carry significant weight.
A bipartisan group of economists who have served under US presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan
—including former Federal Reserve Chairs Alan
#Greenspan, Ben
#Bernanke, and Janet
#Yellin
—released a joint statement on Monday denouncing what they described as an effort to strong-arm the Federal Reserve into doing the president’s bidding.
