MNI POLITICAL RISK - Trump Hints At Desire To Influence Fed

Executive Summary:

• Former President Donald Trump said that the president should have some say over interest rates and monetary policy, a move that would go against the longstanding political independence of the US Federal Reserve.
• This evening, Trump will make his sixth campaign appearance since formally accepting the Republican presidential nomination in mid-July, speaking at an event in Bozeman, Montana. Trump's scheduled has been light relative to Vice President Kamala Harris' raising concerns that the age and vitality questions that hung over President Biden could flip onto Trump.
• Harris and her VP nominee, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will appear at an event in Arizona, the fourth swing-state they’ve visited this week. Harris will reportedly pick up an endorsement from LULAC, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights organisation.
• Trump yesterday proposed three September presidential debate dates with Kamala Harris, with the Democrat nominee confirming the September 10 ABC debate agreed by Trump and Biden will go ahead.
• US President Joe Biden, along with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, issued a joint statement calling for a meeting on August 15 to close the “remaining gaps” on a US-backed ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
• Harris’s national security adviser, Phil Gordon, said yesterday that Harris does not support an arms embargo on Israel and will continue to ensure that Israel can defend itself.
• Poll of the Day: Harris polls strongly in multi-candidate national ballot.

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