Fed, Trump and Powell
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President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are so commonplace at this point that they barely register in financial markets these days. The rapidly intensifying multi-pronged efforts by Trump’s advisers to amplify and expand on Trump’s attacks are a good reason to rethink that indifference.
The Fed is self-funding and doesn’t need outside approval for building projects, according to the law that created the central bank.
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Mediaite on MSNClip of Trump Praising Fed Chair Powell’s ‘Good Judgement’ Goes Viral Amid President’s Vicious AttacksIn a resurfaced clip from 2017, President Donald Trump sang the praises of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell when he first nominated him. The post Clip of Trump Praising Fed Chair Powell’s ‘Good Judgement’ Goes Viral Amid President’s Vicious Attacks first appeared on Mediaite.
A dramatic day on Wednesday ended with Wall Street in the green and the dollar and short-dated Treasury yields lower, although off their earlier extremes, after President Donald Trump denied reports he will soon fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
The U.S. dollar fell sharply Wednesday after the White House suggested that President Donald Trump was planning to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Though the presid
Once again, Donald Trump is dancing with the idea of trying to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell — a move economists say would shake global markets and could unleash economic chaos. Plus, Trump directly attacks his own base over the Epstein backlash.
"Trump's got to be careful," warned Eric Diton, president and managing director of The Wealth Alliance, "because if he leans too hard on [U.S. Federal Reserve Chair] Jay Powell, or replaces him and brings in someone who is a Trump 'yes-man,