> The behavior of the US Government has been very unusual lately, and the independence of the Federal Reserve is actively being challenged.

This is mostly due to the behavior of the country being unusual.

The US had grown at a healthy clip for a long time.

Due to the amount of boomers exiting the workforce, and withdrawing rather than adding to their savings - the US is going to be in a very different position for the next 10-20 years before things start to level out.

If something like AI doesn't save us with a pretty sizable productivity boost, we're in for uncharted territory.