Before joining the Fed, Lisa Cook served as a professor in the Department of Economics in MSU’s College of Social Science and a professor of international relations in James Madison College.

Lisa Cook faced GOP backlash early on after she was nominated in 2022 by President Joe Biden to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

President Donald Trump’s push to take control of the Federal Reserve , and yes, drive down interest rates, took yet another twist Wednesday as he moved to drive out Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.

Trump posted on social media that Cook should “resign, now!!!”

It’s a saga with all sorts of Michigan connections. Cook — the first Black woman to serve on the Fed board in its 108-year history — joined the Fed in May 2022 after a run as a popular professo

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