The fear is the loss of safe guards and independence of the Federal Reserve. Trump is actively trying to remove safe guards and independence that would allow the Federal Reserve to counteract anything like this. If for instance Trump wants to hold interest rates low regardless of what anyone is telling him, he wants that power[0][1].

The upcoming decision by the Supreme Court on case Trump v. Cook is about this very issue[2]

[0]: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/economy/federal-reserve-indep...

[1]: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/why-the-federal-reserves...

[2]: https://hls.harvard.edu/today/will-the-federal-reserve-remai...

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13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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groundzeros2015 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If they won’t raise rates for fear of losing independence it’s already over.

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no_wizard 12 hours ago | parent [-]

If Trump v. Cook is a loss for Trump, they won't be in fear of losing independence, as I understand it.

	▲	groundzeros2015 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Which branch of government is the fed under?

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abduhl 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Trump v Cook is not upcoming it has been argued already

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2025/25A312

	▲	no_wizard 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Edited! Though it was suppose to be written as upcoming decision, as yes the case was argued already but not ruled on