鲍威尔能否让美联储免受特朗普影响？

A few months ago, something very unusual happened at the Federal Reserve, though only seasoned central bank watchers likely sensed this par- ticular disturbance in the force. At the December meeting on interest rates, the vote was split 9-3. Nine members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee (including Chair Jerome Powell) elected to lower the benchmark by a quarter percentage point, and two others dissented in favor of no reductions. President Donald Trump’s appointee, Stephen Miran, also dissented, because he thought economic conditions warranted a much bigger whack. This kind of disagreement is rare at the central bank, which strives for unanimity in its policy decisions. …