Stock futures fell on Monday night, adding to Wall Street's losses from its worst day of 2019 amid intensifying trade-war fears.
The previous four heads of the Federal Reserve called for an independent central bank in the face of repeated attacks by President Donald Trump in a commentary for the Wall Street Journal.
"We are united in the conviction that the Fed and its chair must be permitted to act independently and in the best interests of the economy, free of short-term political pressures and, in particular, without the threat of removal or demotion of Fed leaders for political reasons," stated the piece.
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