#ALEO recent news, Ethenea researcher Luca Pesarini believes that the focus of this week's Fed meeting is actually on the issue of central bank independence, rather than the path of interest rate adjustment. It is worth noting that although the current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's term will not end for almost a year, Trump has publicly stated that he will announce Powell's successor. This early placement could lead to a tricky situation: a clear contradiction between the Fed's current official policy signals and its future successor, especially if that potential successor publicly supports a rate cut. Pesarini further pointed out that the core challenge that the Fed is currently facing is actually the interference of political forces in the communication channels of monetary policy, which is far more worthy of market attention than the direction of interest rates themselves.