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What Happens if Trump Fires Powell? A Former White House Advisor on Multiple Scenarios.
Barron’s spoke with Tobin Marcus, head of U.S. policy and politics with Wolfe Research and a former White House advisor during the Obama era, about what could unfold if Trump follows through on such a move. An edited version of our conversation is below.

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Why the White House is attacking Powell over the ‘Taj Mahal on the National Mall’
Powell responds to White House on Fed headquarters renovation
The Fed defends against White House attacks on headquarters renovation
Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell on Thursday defended the central bank’s large renovation project along the National Mall, which has come under attack from the Trump administration over its price tag, a mo...

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Firing Powell would do nothing to help Trump on interest rates
The Fed building renovations at the center of Trump's fight with Powell: Five things to know
Can Trump fire the Fed chair? He’s building a $2.5 billion excuse
As frequently happens with government building projects, the project has blown past its planned budget, with the cost skyrocketing from an initially large $1.9 billion to an eye-popping $2.5 billion....

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Playbook PM: Jerome Powell’s Trump whiplash
White House Seeks to Inspect Fed Renovation in Bid to Pressure Powell
GOP chair: ‘I don’t believe’ Trump can fire Powell
Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said on Thursday that he does not “believe” that President Trump can fire Federal Reserve Chair
Trump told GOP lawmakers he would 'likely' fire Fed chair Powell 'soon,' sources and officials say
President Trump asked a group of Republican lawmakers how they felt about him firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and told them he would "likely" fire Powell "soon," according to two White House officials and sources familiar with the Tuesday evening meeting.
Fed's Powell responds to White House on Fed headquarters renovation
(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday responded to a Trump administration official's demands for information about cost overruns for a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters campus,
Behind Trump's move to back off Powell: Lawyers warned against it.
Privately, White House officials acknowledge uncertainty about Trump firing Powell solely based on accusations he mismanaged a multi-year renovation project.
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