Why 🦖 CentralBankingMonetaryPolicy picked: Not coincidentally, the Fed released its report on what went wrong with Silicon Valley Bank. Trump may use this as pretext to fire another Fed governor, Michael Barr, just as he's tried to fire Lisa Cook. I have heard worries for months that Trump was sniffing around looking for ways to fire Barr

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