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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is taking aim at both the Federal Reserve and the rules the Fed enforces as a supervisor of big banks but making it clear he doesn't think Fed chair Jerome Powell needs to step down immediately.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is facing pressure from all sides as the Fed’s banking regulation conference kicks off this week. President Trump has been threatening to fire Powell while
Trump ally Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claims Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell committed perjury during Senate testimony and in communications with the Office of Management and Budget.
Donald Trump is reportedly fuming over a Wall Street Journal report claiming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talked him out of firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. While Trump dismissed the account, CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin says a new strategy may be emerging: naming a “shadow Fed chair” ahead of Powell’s term ending in May.
Donald Trump has been bullying Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell—calling him “too late,” insulting his intelligence, and trying to gin up a case that Powell spent too much on renovations of the agency’s headquarters as a pretext for firing him.
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Four potential Powell replacements have been shortlisted by the betting market. Here's who's in the running to be the next Fed Chair.
President Trump floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell — whom he first appointed Federal Reserve chair — earlier this week, after years of on-and-off criticism over interest rates.
President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says the alledged mismanagement of a building renovation project could be grounds for firing Powell.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming speech has sparked speculation about his potential resignation and its impact on the crypto market.