A Republican senator has vowed to block all Federal Reserve nominations after the justice department opened a criminal investigation into the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, inflaming tensions over the central bank’s independence.
Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a member of the banking committee that oversees Fed appointments who is retiring at the end of his term later this year, said Sunday he would oppose any nominee for the Fed, including the upcom
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