币界网报道：The Fed's meeting this week will not be remembered for the path of interest rates, but more as a test of the central bank's independence, Luca Pesarini, an analyst at Ethenea, said in a note. "The real challenge is not the conflicting economic data, but the interference of politics in monetary policy communication," Pesarini said. Trump previously announced that he would soon appoint a successor to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, nearly a year before Powell's term expires. This puts the concept of a "shadow chair" in the spotlight. If this is announced, Pesarini said, there is a risk of conflicting monetary policy signals between the Fed official and the designated successor, especially if the latter publicly pushes for rate cuts.