The Federal Reserve System conducts monetary policy decisions, interest rate adjustments, and inter-bank payment operations. Peter Conti-Brown (2017)

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President Trump forces the Federal Reserve to normalize the current interest rate hike to signal its own monetary policy independence from the White House.