Pourquoi le patron de la Fed est menacé par Donald Trump

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Le président de la Réserve fédérale américaine (Fed), Jerome Powell, a déclaré dimanche 11 janvier que l’administration Trump l’avait menacé de poursuites pénales. On vous explique.

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00:00No one, certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve, is above the law.

00:04But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration's threats and ongoing pressure.

00:19On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas,

00:24threatening a criminal indictment related to my testimony before the Senate Banking Committee last June.

00:30That testimony concerned, in part, a multi-year project to renovate historic Federal Reserve office buildings.

00:46The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates

00:51based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.

00:58This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates

01:02based on evidence and economic conditions,

01:05or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation.

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