Waylon Wong
speaker
548 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 16 Sep
Waylon Wong’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That said, Kerala says the public does want accountability. Like, how did we even get such high inflation? What went wrong? How can we avoid that happening again?
Trump signed an executive order in mid-February to make sure agencies follow the president's priorities. It put tighter control on how these agencies spend and regulate. And it applied to agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Reserve.
Katherine says it's widely accepted that less independent central banks end up with higher inflation. Research backs this up.
It also raises questions over how the Fed might intervene when something goes wrong. For example, when Silicon Valley Bank ran into financial trouble in 2023, the Fed stepped in to lend it money. Would those decisions now be subject to White House review?
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has been fielding more questions lately over whether his decisions on interest rates will be influenced by Trump or, for that matter, Elon Musk.
Please don't bother me.
Jerome Powell's term as chair expires next year. So if Trump wants to go in a different direction on monetary policy, that would be his earliest opportunity.
And I'm Waylon Wong. This is NPR. Thanks for listening.
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