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President Donald Trump may be turning up the heat on the Federal Reserve, but he won’t dare pull the trigger on Chair Jerome Powell’s job because the market
Financial markets finished the week on a high note after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stood his ground against President Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two men Thursday. The
Trump lambasted the Fed for its $2.5 billion renovation of its headquarters and another building ahead of a tour of the site.
If President Donald Trump takes the unprecedented step of trying to fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, the effort would roil markets and likely be met with pushback in the courts. Trump and the Trump administration have increasingly turned their fire on Powell and his leadership of the central bank.
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President Trump expressed a desire to see Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell resign, indicating that directly removing him could disrupt markets. The comments were made in an interview with the Real America's Voice network,
Analysts at Deutsche Bank consider the president's removal of Fed chief Jerome Powell "one of the largest under-priced event risks over the coming months."