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  • Yellen says Powell probe ‘extremely chilling’ for Fed independence, market should be concerned

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    Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Monday condemned an investigation into her successor, Jerome Powell, saying it compromises the central bank’s independence. Yellen, who served as Treasury secretary after leaving the Fed, added that she thinks financial markets should be more concerned about a situation that she called “extremely chilling.” “I’m surprised the market isn’t more concerned. It seems to me that the market should be concerned,” Yellen said, according to CNBC’s Sara Eisen. The comments come the day after Powell confirmed he’d been made aware that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in ... (full story)

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Vancarbon
Jan 12, 2026 2:34pm
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Quoting oxbuck
Listen and learn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n84D02vpB2c
Political spin , one sided rhetoric to achieve a US narrative .

So , yes . Listen and learn ; but not to this propaganda
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bluesteele
Jan 12, 2026 10:31pm
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fxsongwang
Jan 12, 2026 10:14am
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The market is not responding at the moment, the market is only responding to President Trump's tweets.
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Trader#AAA2
Jan 12, 2026 9:59am
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yellen believes in climate change caused by humans and that we can do something about that. That is called delusion.
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DonFF
Jan 12, 2026 4:16pm
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Quoting oxbuck
Listen and learn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n84D02vpB2c
This picture paint Trump as a strong person but most 75-85 year olds are physically tired and cant be bothered with all this nation-building crap as they lounge around waiting to be rolled into their coffin...Not even some billions is as appealing!
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Fractality
Jan 13, 2026 5:16am
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Quoting Trader#0598
{quote} She's concerned because the Fed thinks they're untouchable and any investigation into their criminal activities is an immediate threat to their independence.
huuuuhhh.... Are You sure You know what the FED does ? Do You have any kind of degree in economics? I would advise You to take a look at Turkey as an example of what happens when a popular guy thinks he can set interest rates at will. Don't be ignorant my friend.

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Fractality
Jan 12, 2026 10:13am
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She's concerned because, Trump is trying to make USA a kind of Turkey ( yes, you can interpret that as the food and the country at the same time ).
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Trader#0598
Jan 12, 2026 11:28am
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Quoting Fractality
She's concerned because, Trump is trying to make USA a kind of Turkey ( yes, you can interpret that as the food and the country at the same time ).
She's concerned because the Fed thinks they're untouchable and any investigation into their criminal activities is an immediate threat to their independence.
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oxbuck
Jan 12, 2026 12:58pm
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Listen and learn!
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Trader#4763
Jan 12, 2026 10:06am
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If you did nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about, Yellen. Start the investigations!
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Trader#28D8
Jan 12, 2026 10:53am
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Stocks are up, Yellen was one of the worst chairs ever, end of story.
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