TOKYO: The Federal Reserve and other central banks must protect their ability to make key economic decisions free from political interference, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.
As governments move ahead on reforms to prevent another global financial crisis like the one in 2008, Bernanke stressed the importance of the Fed and other countries' central banks maintaining their independence over setting interest rates, known as monetary policy.
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