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The National Capital Planning Commission has become pivotal in the administration’s campaign to discredit Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the bank's $2.5 billion headquarters renovation budget amid feud with Trump over interest rates.
Amid a fresh set of attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell came reports that President Donald Trump might fire the central banker. Increasingly, Trump is frustrated with Powell for not lowering interest rates already. Consumers hoping for lower rates as well may be better off if the Fed sticks to its current plan, experts say.
Wall Street appears calm after President Donald Trump walked back his earlier threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
President Donald Trump launched a new verbal assault against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday, calling him “one of my worst appointments.” The president’s feud with the Federal Reserve head continued on Friday,
Once again, Donald Trump is dancing with the idea of trying to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell — a move economists say would shake global markets and could unleash economic chaos. Plus, Trump directly attacks his own base over the Epstein backlash.
Stocks had been rising modestly in the morning, before news reports saying that Trump was likely to fire the Fed chief, which quickly sent the the S&P 500 down by 0.7%. When later
President Trump asked Republican lawmakers this week whether he should fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom he appointed to the position in 2017. The move followed months of criticism by Trump of Powell,