A disaster for working Americans: Trump’s attacks on Fed chair Jerome Powell risk tanking the dollar

Donald Trump's attacks on the Fed are not just about its chairman, Jerome Powell. In fact, they're not really about Jerome Powell at all. The attacks are about whether we still believe America's central bank should be insulated from political interference.It's about turning one of the most trusted financial institutions in the world into a partisan weapon. And it's understandable if you don't think that much about the Fed at all. But the consequences of Trump's relentless attacks on Powell are more dangerou ...