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President Trump and his team are studying whether firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is an option, according to National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett. Though appointed by the ...
President Donald Trump on Thursday ratcheted up his criticism against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling for his “termination” for not cutting interest rates quickly enough.
That wasn’t the case, Powell said on Wednesday. “We think reserves are still abundant, " he said. “We don’t think we’re close to a point where we would stop” scaling back the bank’s ...
“For the time being, we are well positioned to wait for greater clarity” on the impact of policy changes in areas such as immigration, taxation, regulation, and tariffs, Powell said. In ...
President Donald Trump’s swipe at Jerome Powell Thursday, in which he referred to the Federal Reserve chief’s “termination," marks the latest salvo in Trump’s longstanding efforts to ...
President Donald Trump’s significant policy changes, including on tariffs, are unlike anything seen in modern history, putting the Federal Reserve in uncharted waters, Chair Jerome Powell said ...
Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking ...
President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are facing off over how the central bank will respond to the economic impact of the White House’s trade war. Trump and Powell appear to be ...
President Trump is threatening to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell unless he cuts interest rates to cushion the blow from his tariffs. The problem is twofold. It isn’t clear the ...
Toward the end of an April 16 interview on a Chicago stage, Jerome Powell took a break from meditating on monetary policy to talk about how he unwinds after a hard day at the office. “ ...