Economics

Fed Accountability Under Fire After Stock-Trading Revelations

  • Senator Warren calls for ban on Fed officials holding stocks
  • The unusual public-private nature of Fed banks renews scrutiny
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg
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Federal Reserve critics seized on revelations about investments and trading by two of its senior officials to renew demands for a major overhaul of the U.S. central bank and its 12 regional branches.