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Section editor · Marcus Hale

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Central-bank independence cannot be a habit. It has to be a rule.

Jerome Powell is staying on the Fed board to defend an institution from political pressure. The defense is honorable. The architecture is brittle. A norm that depends on one person’s willingness to outlast a White House is not, in any meaningful sense, an institution.

By J. Crowe · 5 min read · May 14

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An open ledger from the editors. We owe readers transparency; we publish ours quarterly.

By J. Crowe · 5 min read · May 10