White House, Federal Reserve and Powell
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President Trump’s fight against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has taken on a new dimension, with an overhaul of the central bank’s headquarters at the center of a growing White House pressure campaign.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday it’s “highly unlikely” that he’ll fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after signaling otherwise a day earlier in a private meeting with lawmakers.
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White House ramps up pressure on Powell, 'looking into' authority to fire himThe Big Money Show' hosts talk the Federal Reserve's handling of monetary policy and the fate of Jerome Powell's role as Fed chair.
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President Trump appears to be inching closer to firing Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, according to news reports and his own comments.
The investigation into cost overruns on a renovation of Fed headquarters is drawing concern that it's a pretext to eventually fire the central bank chief.
Two top contenders to replace Jerome Powell slammed the Fed chair for a $2.5 billion renovation of the central bank’s headquarters, with one saying the Trump administration is examining whether it can fire the policymaker and the other saying the Fed has 'lost its way.
The Trump administration is toying with removing Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, accusing him of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar update to its Washington headquarters.