Trump’s Victory Casts a Shadow Over the Federal Reserve
- Economic uncertainty jumps as officials await Trump policies
- Questions loom over maintaining monetary policy independence
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Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential contest threatens to upend the US economic outlook and alter the Federal Reserve’s policy calculus in the months ahead, while renewing questions about how fiercely he might pressure the central bank during his second term in the White House.
In his campaign, Trump promised to wield tariffs more aggressively against US trading partners, deport millions of undocumented immigrants and extend his 2017 tax cuts. Those policies, if enacted, could put upward pressure on prices, wages and the federal deficit, according to many estimates.