Lisa Cook avertit la Cour suprême : son licenciement provoquerait un krach des marchés
Une mise en garde qui fait trembler Wall Street.
La menace systémique
L'économiste a détaillé devant les juges comment son éviction déclencherait une réaction en chaîne - les investisseurs paniqueraient, les liquidités s'évaporeraient, et le système financier vacillerait. Pas exactement le scénario qu'on souhaite après la dernière bulle spéculative.
Les marchés sur le fil
Ses arguments révèlent la fragilité déconcertante des marchés modernes, où une seule personne peut incarner la confiance institutionnelle. Les traders surveillent l'affaire avec une nervosité rare, leurs algorithmes prêts à vendre au premier signe de faiblesse.
Le paradoxe régulateur
Comment en est-on arrivé à dépendre autant d'un individu ? Question que se posent les cyniques de la finance entre deux transactions haute fréquence - après tout, le système est censé résister aux chocs, pas s'effondrer sur un CV.
Fed veterans and economists push Supreme Court to stop Trump
On Thursday, former Federal Reserve chairs Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and Janet Yellen sent their own message to the Court: stop this before it does long-term damage. In a joint letter, they said:
“Allowing the government to remove a member of the Board of Governors for the first time in the Nation’s history, while under the cloud of legal challenge, will erode public confidence in the Fed’s independence and threaten the long-term stability of our economy.”
As Cryptopolitan previously reported, that same letter was also signed by former Treasury secretaries Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Jacob Lew, and Henry Paulson, along with Kenneth Rogoff, the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, and ex-Fed governor Daniel Tarullo.
They made it clear that letting Trump fire Lisa now, while the court battle is still underway, would crush the Fed’s ability to act without political pressure.
The issue has already passed through two lower courts. On September 9, Judge Jia Cobb stopped trump from firing Lisa, saying the White House’s accusations didn’t meet the legal requirement of “for cause” under the law. Then on September 15, the D.C. Court of Appeals backed Cobb’s decision in a 2–1 vote, rejecting the White House’s attempt to overturn the block.
But instead of waiting, Trump pushed the fight straight to the highest court. His lawyers want the block lifted now, and Lisa removed before the rest of the case even plays out.
Her legal team has warned that if the Court sides with Trump, it could create a situation where someone else is nominated to her seat, while her case is still active, putting two people in the same role at once.
Despite the court drama, Lisa is still doing her job. She joined the Federal Reserve Board’s latest policy meeting just last week, and voted to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The vote happened while Trump’s team was still trying to push her out. Lisa hasn’t backed down publicly and has made it clear that she won’t resign.
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