independence
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Justices questioned the urgency of the emergency request and the potential impact on the Federal Reserve’s independence and market stability.
From Barron's
Justices questioned the urgency of the emergency request and the potential impact on the Federal Reserve’s independence and market stability.
From Barron's
Those frustrations built until a 2009 self-government act, approved by three-quarters of Greenland voters, which charted a path for independence.
Mr. Sauer at least acknowledged that Congress intended to protect the Fed’s independence and there was “a long tradition of having this exercise of monetary policy be exercised independent” of executive influence.
"We know that the independence of the agency is very important and that that independence is harmed if we decide these issues too quickly and without due consideration," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal.
From BBC
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