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All the President's Men Are Coming After Powell
Prediction markets still give the Fed chair strong odds of finishing out the year.
Economic council head says Trump's ability to fire Fed's Powell is 'being looked into'
In an interview with ABC News, Kevin Hassett was also pressed about the president's decision to hit imports from Brazil with ...
Hassett Says White House Probing Fed Renovation Costs, Authority to Fire Powell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for cause if ...
Trump ‘certainly' can fire Fed chair Powell ‘if there's cause': Hassett
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said the White House is looking into whether it has the authority to fire ...
Economist explains why Trump threatening to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell is counterproductive.
MSNBC's Alex Witt spoke with Lael Brainard, former director of the National Economic Council under President Biden and ...
EUROPE The art of hogging headlines, using tariffs
The euro is down a fraction, but European futures have lost a larger 0.7% as it's hard to see how Brussels could ever satisfy ...
Monetary policy at the world’s most important central bank could hinge on an argument over building renovation specs
The latest spat between the Trump administration and the Federal Reserve is sounding more like a home-improvement reality TV ...
Dow futures sink as Trump keeps pushing tariffs while White House suggests Powell’s job could be at risk
After Wall Street previously downplayed risks from President Donald Trump's trade war, investors are starting to take his ...
White House defends tariffs on Brazil despite trade surplus
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 50% tariff against Brazil on ABC News ...
Wall St slips with Asia stocks as US trade policy confounds
Losses in Wall Street futures dragged Asian stocks lower on Monday as the latest round of threats in the U.S. tariff wars ...
Trump Is Considering a ‘Shadow Fed.’ Here’s Why That's Risky
President Donald Trump has signaled he’s already looking to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell far earlier than ...
Navarro touts ‘Trumpnomics’ in rant against Powell, Federal Reserve
White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro touted “Trumpnomics” in a recent interview during a rant against Jerome Powell, slamming the Federal Reserve chair as a “pure partisan” actor who, in ...