EFG International's GianLuigi Mandruzzato: Trump interference with Fed independence will have serious consequences

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US President Donald Trump has recently escalated his long‑running attack on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, lambasting him for keeping interest rates too high and accusing him of “playing politics”.

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