As Trump escalates attacks on the central bank, Wall Street unites around the importance of Fed independence. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

This week, several of America’s most influential banking CEOs came out in support of Jerome Powell after the Trump administration threatened the Federal Reserve chair with a criminal investigation in a move that could shake the central bank’s long-standing independence.

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