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Federal Reserve says building renovation complies with law, defends costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday said the agency’s renovation of two of its buildings is in ...
Powell sends letter to White House defending $2.5 billion Fed renovations
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent a letter to the White House concerning the $2.5 billion renovations to the bank’s ...
Jerome Powell defends $2.5 billion Federal Reserve renovation project amid criticism from the Trump administration
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the bank's $2.5 billion headquarters renovation budget amid feud with Trump over ...
Everybody's Business: Trump's Fed fight, Staycations
Such a firing would potentially be illegal (as the Supreme Court recently noted) and undermine decades of goodwill that Fed ...
Why is Trump unhappy with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and what does the Federal Reserve do?
President Trump floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell — whom he first appointed Federal Reserve chair — earlier this week, ...
Bill Pulte Is One of Powell’s Biggest Critics. What He Has to Say About the Fed.
As the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte oversees the system that helps keep the U.S. mortgage ...
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A top Fed official, considered a candidate to replace Powell, keeps calling for a rate cut this month
“With inflation near target and the upside risks to inflation limited, we should not wait until the labor market deteriorates ...
Powell defends $2.5 billion Fed renovation in a point-by-point response to the Trump administration
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded by letter Thursday to a senior Trump administration official who accused the ...
Dollar set for weekly gain as firm US data tempers Fed easing bets
The dollar headed for a second straight weekly gain against major peers, buoyed by some solid U.S. economic data that ...
The Global Risks That Come With the Loss of an Independent Fed
It isn’t just the U.S. Other countries have also come to expect an independent U.S. central bank.
What Happens if Trump Fires Powell? A Former White House Advisor on Multiple Scenarios.
President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, citing cost overruns in Fed building renovations as a potential cause. While Trump has since played down the ...