Unhedged: The Fed under attack
Behind the Money27 Aug 2025

Unhedged: The Fed under attack

This week we're sharing an episode from, Unhedged, another podcast from the FT network.


The annual meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is supposed to be an intellectual retreat. Instead, it was overshadowed by personal and political attacks on US Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook. Today on the show, Katie Martin talks to US economics editor Claire Jones about her reporting from Jackson Hole and what might happen if the central bank falls under the president’s control. Also, we attempt to go long and short but are interrupted by a fire alarm.


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You can email Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin at unhedged@ft.com.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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