SocGen's Edwards: Central bank independence will be next casualty of political turmoil

Warns of 'inevitable' financial crash

Tom Eckett
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Société Générale's bearish analyst Albert Edwards has said the "unelected and unaccountable" central bankers who caused the global financial crisis will be, and "should be", the next casualty of the current political landscape.

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