Fed’s six big challenges in 2026


IN coming months, markets will undoubtedly obsess over US President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and whether this will give him the control he seeks over interest rates.

Yet that’s not the only challenge the world’s most powerful central bank will face in 2026.

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