US President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell have raised concerns over the Fed’s ongoing independence, while the European Central Bank has been criticised over its quantitative easing program.
We should be both alert to and alarmed by attacks on central bank independence.
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Jonathan Kearns is chief economist at Challenger and Adjunct Fellow at Macquarie University. He previously held a range of senior roles at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
