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Trump seizes on Fed renovations as potential cause for Powell ouster
President Trump has seized on the Federal Reserve’s multibillion-dollar makeover as a possible avenue for finally ousting its ...
The Trump-Powell feud keeps heating up. Meet the betting markets' top picks to replace the Fed chief.
Four potential Powell replacements have been shortlisted by the betting market. Here's who's in the running to be the next ...
Firing Powell Would Shatter the Economy’s Inflation Defenses
Without independence, the Fed couldn’t be trusted to give priority to low inflation over the president’s other priorities.
Powell once said he couldn’t imagine leaving the Fed early—other than dying. ‘You will not see me getting in the lifeboat’
"It doesn't occur to me in the slightest that there would be any situation in which I would not complete my term other than dying," Powell said in 2019.
How Bessent Made the Case to Trump Against Firing Fed Chair Powell
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president that ousting Jerome Powell entailed risks, including possible effects on ...
Leading Contenders To Replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair
Star Sports political betting analyst William Kedjanyi told Newsweek: "Donald Trump has been harassing Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, for months and months over interest rates. Trump ...
Trump’s War With Powell Throws a Little-Known Planning Board Into Scrutiny
The National Capital Planning Commission has become pivotal in the administration’s campaign to discredit Jerome H. Powell, ...
'Ripping the fabric of the universe:' Trump targets Powell, and investors react
President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to escalate his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a step investor ...