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How Bessent Made the Case to Trump Against Firing Fed Chair Powell
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president privately in recent days that ousting Jerome Powell entailed risks, ...
Federal Reserve independence at risk from Trump's pressure campaign, J.P. Morgan warns
J.P. Morgan warned in a note that Trump's pressure on the Federal Reserve and threats to fire Chair Powell could undercut ...
Powell once said he couldn’t imagine leaving the Fed early—other than dying. ‘You will not see me getting in the lifeboat’
"It doesn't occur to me in the slightest that there would be any situation in which I would not complete my term other than ...
White House Seeks to Inspect Fed Renovation in Bid to Pressure Powell
Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access ...
Trump Versus Powell: How Far Can He Push the Fed Chair?
The US president regularly blasts the central bank chair, whom he appointed. Now Trump’s allies appear to be building a case ...
Q&A: What’s Behind Trump’s Effort to Oust the Fed Chair?
An obscure report about the ballooning costs of the Federal Reserve's headquarters renovation has become the centerpiece of ...
A disaster for working Americans: Trump’s attacks on Fed chair Jerome Powell risk tanking the dollar
Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell threaten far more than one man’s job—they endanger the entire U ...
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Trump Team Sabotaged Fed Renovation as Trump Started War With Powell
Trump is purposely using a construction project that his own appointees are making more expensive as grounds to pick a fight and potentially fire his nemesis, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The ...