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How Central Banks React to Political Pressure
Episode 12 of Monetary Policy Explained with Fexingo dives into a rarely discussed but critical dynamic: how central banks handle political pressure. Using the 2019 incident when former President Trump attacked Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Twitter as a central case, Lucas and Luna unpack the mechanisms central banks use to preserve credibility—forward guidance transparency, independence in rate decisions, and the unwritten playbook for ignoring political heat. They also touch on recent 2026 tensions between the Bank of Japan and Japan's finance ministry over yen weakness, exploring how…
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