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Powell privately adamant that he will serve out his full term at the Fed
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has told multiple associates and allies that there’s no chance he will bow to President ...
A Split Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Defying Political Pressure
For the first time since 1993, two members of the central bank’s policy committee broke from the pack, but interest rates ...
Trump urgently wants Jerome Powell to cut interest rates. That won't happen this week, economists say.
President Trump has pressured Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. Here's what the experts think will happen at ...
Fed Governors Could Break Ranks as Trump Intensifies Powell Pressure
Possible dissents by Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman would mark the first time in three decades that more than one Fed ...
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Trump raises pressure on Powell while calling firing ‘unlikely’
Powell’s term as chair ends next May anyway, and Trump has begun the search for a successor. But he’s also making it clear that he won’t let up on the renovation issue anytime soon.
What’s Holding Trump Back From Firing Powell
The president wants to get rid of the Fed chair—if the markets will let him. We all have to hope he won’t gamble on that.
Donald Trump Tears Into 'Too Angry, Too Stupid' Jerome Powell
Trump called the Fed chair "TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID, & TOO POLITICAL" after the central bank left interest rates unchanged ...