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Fed Rejects Call to Consider Politics in Policy Decisions
Wall Street Journal, Aug. 27, 2019–Nick Timiraos (subscription)
The Federal Reserve said it rejected political considerations in its policy-making after one of its former top officials called for the central bank to consider the economic risks of President Trump’s re-election when setting interest rates.