Masaaki Shirakawa is a distinguished guest professor at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo and a former governor of the Bank of Japan.
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Trump's war on the Fed exposes cracks in central bank independence
What was once a pillar of monetary policy is now vulnerable to political attack
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington on July 24. © Reuters
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