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Don’t Be Surprised if Trump Starts Attacking the Fed (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 10 months ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean, "starts?" He was doing that all the way back in 2017.

Frankly, one of the things that doesn't get talked about enough is how the economic disruptions of the pandemic obscured (and thus let him off the hook for) his disastrous corporate tax cut and trade war with China. He was continuously bullying the Fed to lower interest rates from 2017-2019 because the economy was already heading for a crash because of his policies, so the pandemic downturn was a lot worse (and the bailouts a lot more expensive) than it needed to be.

[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

He starts and stops. I haven't seen him doing any criticizing lately because the Fed has basically been doing what he'd prefer by trying to slow down the economy via rate hikes. The point of this article is that now that the Fed is shifting back in the direction of cuts, Trump's attacks on it will likely recur.

[–] LeadSoldier@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm in the dumbest situation. I was a federal employee so I don't know what normal people mean when they say the Fed.

Every comment is only calling it the Fed.

I've read too many New York Time articles to see what we are talking about because I'm not subscribed.

Not just asking for me but for anybody in a similar situation; what is the full organization name of the Fed?

[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which coincidentally, is not part of the federal government.

[–] TwentySeven@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's definitely part of the federal government. It has more independence than a department of the executive branch, but it's not quite it's own branch of government either (it has no checks against the actual branches) The idea is that it needs to be run by economists and be somewhat insulated from politics.

Overall, they do a pretty good job, and are one of the more competent parts of the government

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago

After reading https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_14986.htm, it seems you are right from an official standpoint. Since the board is "appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate" and how together the fed and "Congress sets the goals for monetary policy".

Although a lot of the other justifications for it being a government agency seems to follow some flimsy logic.

I guess it's not entirely a private entity since it has those 2 government approval requirements. But at the same time they seem to operate as one and are given a lot of freedom.

It's not like congress or the president approved of the recent interest rate increases. Which directly increased the cost of paying off the national debt. There is clearly some balancing happening.

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Federal Reserve System, often shorted to 'the Fed'

[–] LeadSoldier@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks. For some reason I was trying to make an acronym out of it. That's what I do for every other government agency.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if he put on lederhosen, put a weasel into them, wore a waffle for a hat and whistled Freebird.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I bet he can’t whistle.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even if he can't and he suddenly whistled better than Roger Whitaker, I wouldn't be surprised.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That’s crazy. He has that weird mouth. And you just know he tried once as a kid and his dad beat the shit out of him.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Literally the only thing that would surprise me about Trump at this point is if he said something either wise or humble.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Not particularly surprised by anything he does. Depressed, yes. But that's because people feel the need to listen to him.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

What I don’t know is whether the Fed is ready for the political firestorm it’s about to face, and whether it will stand up to the pressure to keep rates too high for too long.

Because it’s a safe prediction that Donald Trump and his supporters will scream that the coming rate cuts are part of a deep-state conspiracy to re-elect President Biden.

Biden, however, is already presiding over a very good economy by normal standards, with solid job growth and plunging inflation.

They will signal to the public that inflation really is under control; they will lead, other things being equal, to higher stock prices and lower mortgage rates.

And when it comes to interest rate policy, Trump has a track record of doing exactly what I’m sure he will accuse Biden of doing: trying to manipulate the Fed.

In a recent dialogue with me about the economy, my colleague Peter Coy suggested that the Fed may be inhibited from cutting rates because it’ll fear accusations from Trump that it’s trying to help Biden.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I'm amazed he hasn't yet. Saving it for later.