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Fed Chief Powell, other officials owned securities central bank bought during Covid pandemic
Amid an outcry about Federal Reserve officials owning and trading individual securities, an in-depth look by CNBC at officials’ financial disclosures found three who last year held assets of the same type the Fed itself was buying, including Chairman Jerome Powell. None of these holdings or transactions appeared to violate the Fed’s code of conduct. But they raise further questions about the Fed’s conflict of interest policies and the oversight of central bank officials. Powell held between $1.25 million and $2.5 million of municipal bonds in family trusts over which he is said to have no control. They were ... (full story)
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