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Fed’s Kashkari says Trump administration’s threats are ‘about monetary policy’, NYT reports

By Thomson Reuters Jan 14, 2026 | 7:16 AM

Jan 14 (Reuters) – Minneapolis Federal Reserve ‍President Neel Kashkari said the Trump administration’s ‌actions against ‌the central bank in the past year were “really ​about monetary policy,” ‍as ​he came ​to the ‍defense of Fed chair Jerome Powell.

Kashkari made ‍the comments in an interview with ‍the ‍New ​York Times ​published ⁠on Wednesday.

(Reporting ‌by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru. Editing by Mark ⁠Potter)