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There’s No Such Thing As a ‘Apolitical’ Fed, Nor Does It Matter

By John Tamny / central bankers, DOGE, Monetary Policy Rule, The Fed / February 10, 2025

Politicians are human. So are central bankers. Since central bankers are human, it’s a fact of life that their personal feelings, biases and politics will inform their decisions. It’s something to think about as allegedly free-market economic types pursue a rules-based Federal Reserve. Of the view that “monetary policy rules” will somehow restrain the […]

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A ‘Monetary Rule’ Doesn’t Suddenly Validate Mkt. Intervention

The Federal Reserve doesn’t need to adopt a “Monetary Policy Rule.” Not only would the central bank shed the pretense of rules-based constraints on its power during times of upheaval and uncertainty as is, there’s no good time for meddling by central banks, or for that matter any governmental entity. Market intervention is always