The fortress walls of the Bank of England project an image of solidity, stability and impregnability. It matches the reputation it has tried to build over more than 400 years for sober analysis and, in recent years, steady impartiality.
Yet its defences have been infiltrated.
President Donald Trump‘s economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin‘s jobs are not under threat.
Hassett told an NBC News reporter at the White House that Powell‘s role as the leader of the U.S. central bank is completely safe.
That assurance followed Hassett‘s appearance on Fox Business, where the head of Trump‘s Council of Economic Advisors said he is highly confident that the president is happy with Mnuchin.