The risk of firing a central bank governor
FT News Briefing27 Aug 2025

The risk of firing a central bank governor

Investors are worried that Donald Trump’s attempted firing of a Federal Reserve governor could undermine faith in the world’s most important central bank, and FT sources say the US has said it is prepared to provide intelligence assets to any western security plan for postwar Ukraine. Plus, French assets were hit on Tuesday as investors reacted to the prospect of a government collapse as soon as next month.


Mentioned in this podcast:

US long-term debt sells off after Trump’s attempted firing of Fed governor

US offers air and intelligence support to postwar force in Ukraine

French assets hit by prospect of government collapse


Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Kelly Garry, Gavin Kallmann. The FT’s acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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