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Here’s how the Fed’s Renovation budget ballooned to $2.5 billion

No one in office wants to do a major renovation of a historic building during their term in office,” he said in June. But Powell sees the project as necessary. According to the Fed’s information page ...

The Fed building renovations at the center of Trump's fight with Powell: Five things to know

The spiraling cost of the Federal Reserve's years-long renovation of two historic buildings in Washington, D.C., has become ...

Powell defends Fed renovation amid Trump criticism

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back Thursday on GOP criticisms regarding renovation costs for two buildings in ...

Under fire for cost overruns, Powell asks watchdog to review the Fed’s $2.5 billion renovation plan

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has asked the central bank’s inspector general to conduct an additional review of an ongoing $2.5 billion renovation of the institution’s headquarters that has ...

Fed's Powell responds to White House on Fed headquarters renovation

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursdayresponded to a Trump administration official's demands for information about ...

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 ...

White House Seeks to Inspect Fed Renovation in Bid to Pressure Powell

Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access ...