Trump Rips Jerome Powell
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As President Donald Trump and his advisers begin weighing replacements for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, they’re running into one significant complication: It’s not clear that Powell will leave the US central bank next year.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has sketched out new conditions that could trigger rate cuts by summer’s end, but inflation remains a big question.
Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell on Tuesday said a good case could be made for cutting interest rates soon, but he said the Fed is holding off for now because of an expected increase in inflation from U.
The US president has repeatedly assailed the Fed chairman over decisions to hold rates steady this year, threatening to choose a successor who will cut rates.
President Trump says Fed rate cuts would save the government as much as $900 billion a year in interest payments on its debt. Is that fight?
After the widespread uncertainty caused by the tariff policy, Powell said the Fed decided the "prudent thing to do is to wait."
The Fed chief has repeatedly declined to say whether he will step down when his four-year term as chair expires in May, or remain on the Fed board.
As President Donald Trump and his advisers begin weighing replacements for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, they’re running into one significant complication: It’s not clear that Powell will