DOJ subpoenas test Fed independence as gold and silver surge to record highs
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Gold jumped about to $4,599 per ounce and silver to $84.60 per ounce, both records, after Fed Chair Powell warned that DOJ subpoenas attempting to probe his Senate testimony are political pressure on monetary policy. He argued the Fed must set rates based on evidence and conditions, not politics, sending the U.S. dollar lower by roughly 0.4% as investors sought safe havens.
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