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Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now – The New York Times

Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now  The New York Times Opinion | The Supreme Court sees the importance of Fed independence  The Washington Post Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in case on Federal Reserve independence, leaving Lisa Cook in job for now  CNN US Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump bid to fire Fed’s Cook; leaves …

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Supreme Court will hear arguments over firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook — but allows her to stay on the job for now – Politico

Supreme Court will hear arguments over firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook — but allows her to stay on the job for now  Politico Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now  The New York Times Opinion | The Supreme Court sees the importance of Fed independence  The Washington Post Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in case on Federal Reserve …

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Supreme Court allows the Fed’s Lisa Cook to stay in office for now as Trump pushes to fire her

Supreme Court allows the Fed’s Lisa Cook to stay in office for now as Trump pushes to fire her

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred action on whether President Donald Trump can immediately fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, instead agreeing to hear oral arguments in the case early next year. The move means that Cook can remain in office while the consequential legal question is decided. The court will hear oral arguments in January, the …

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Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now, declining to act on the Trump administration’s effort to immediately remove her from the central bank. In a brief unsigned order, the high court said it would hear arguments in January over Republican President Donald Trump’s effort to force Cook …

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Trump firing Fed’s Lisa Cook won’t hurt markets: Supreme Court filing

Trump firing Fed’s Lisa Cook won’t hurt markets: Supreme Court filing

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the Peterson Institute For International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for alleged misconduct would not cause “financial market disaster,” the Department of Justice argued in a Supreme Court …

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Former Fed chairs warn that removing Lisa Cook could lead to inflation boom

Former Fed chairs warn that removing Lisa Cook could lead to inflation boom

A group of the country’s top economic leaders, including every living former Federal Reserve chair, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Thursday in support of Fed governor Lisa Cook, who President Donald Trump is seeking to remove. The group, led former central bank chiefs Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, said that “allowing the removal of …

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Lisa Cook urges supreme court to reject Trump’s bid to fire her from Fed board | Federal Reserve

Lisa Cook urges supreme court to reject Trump’s bid to fire her from Fed board | Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook urged the US supreme court on Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her, telling the justices the Republican president’s unprecedented move would destroy the central bank’s independence and disrupt financial markets. Lawyers for Cook filed a written response opposing the justice department’s 18 September emergency request to lift a federal judge’s order that …

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Former Fed chairs urge Supreme Court to let Lisa Cook keep her job

Former Fed chairs urge Supreme Court to let Lisa Cook keep her job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to preserve the Federal Reserve’s political independence and allow Lisa Cook to remain as a central bank governor for now. The justices are weighing an emergency appeal from the administration to remove Cook …

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