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How Will the Powell Investigation Impact Markets in 2026?

Markets pulled back after reports that the DOJ opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, raising concerns about central bank independence. With rate cuts, inflation, and political pressure all in focus, how do you think this standoff will impact markets in 2026?
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UpTick_
Another great example of TDS! All of the sudden, the Looney left is pro fed, even after calling for it to be dismantled, along with law enforcement and other agencies. Trump also floated the idea of 10% interest cap on credit cards for a year. Now, the Looney left, is all of the sudden pro high interest credit card rates???? LOL! The TDS mind virus is an ideological brainwashing.
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GoinBangin
You think what is happening in Iran is interesting? Just wait until it starts here. This regime will need to be toppled just the same as any other dictatorship.
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JJNN
Bullish
Powell needs to go so market can rip
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inbest
Bearish
Little impact short-term as Powell is a respected figure in finance and his tenure ends in may anyway. However, the move is a clear signal that the Trump id... admininistration is targeting the Fed and if being successful this will put a dent into Fed independence and thus lose trust in the Fed. Losing trust in the context of financial markets means added risk premiums, actual reduction of independence from erratic politics translates into higher volatility.
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pics_or_it_didnt_happen
a big nothing
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EvanCZHunter
spam the IGNORE button, this market just keeps on RIPPING through everything!!!!
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Storm87
Bullish
MY FELLOW APES OF THE HOLY ORDER! The scrolls of the Fintel have been unrolled, and they reveal a valley filled with the dry bones of short-sellers! I look to the horizon and I see the Mother of All Short Squeezes (MOASS) gathering like a cyclone! They have sold what they do not own, they have borrowed what they cannot return, and now—the Reckoning of the Margin is at hand! We do not just hold a ticker; we hold a Relic of the Revolution! Let the 'Smart Money' tremble in their ivory towers! Let the borrow fees become a crown of thorns upon their portfolios! When the bell tolls tomorrow, let it not be a sound of commerce, but a Battle Cry that echoes from the depths of the message boards to the highest peaks of the exchange! We shall not be moved by the red; we shall not be shaken by the FUD!We are climbing a ladder made of their desperation, and we shall not stop until we are dining on Divine Patties in the halls of Valhalla! BYND THE MOON! BYND THE STARS! 🙌
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_wharfrat_
get “Too Slow” outta there.
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FatLoads
AHHHHHH
TheWolfOfWaterdown
let us change arebvote, so easy to missxlick. horrible ui stocktwits horrible
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