Can the Federal Reserve stay independent?

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  Npr.

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  This is the indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Waylon Wong.

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  And I'm Darian Woods.

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  Okay, here is an indicator for you, Darian.

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  76.

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  That's how many executive orders as of this recording President Trump has signed so far.

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  That is more than any president this early in their term.

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  He has been spilling the presidential ink.

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  And as we know, many of these orders will be tied up in court for the foreseeable future.

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  But we want to focus on two.

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  Of these executive orders as they relate to the economy.

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  Today on the show, what an executive order means for the future independence of.

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  The Federal Reserve

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  and why the Doge cost cutting spree is not likely to make much of a dent in federal spending.

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  That's coming up after the break.

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