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Fed Chair Powell speaks on Capitol Hill this week with politics front and center
White House officials have raised the heat on Powell to lower rates. Now he’s faced with two key Fed officials who have said ...
Powell Headed for Congressional Grilling Over Fed’s Rate Hold
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will have two chances this week to explain to lawmakers why he and most of his fellow policymakers seem resolved to continue holding interest rates steady at least ...
Trump eyes Cabinet member to replace 'Mr Too Late' Powell at the Fed: report
Trump is reportedly considering Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent among top contenders to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who ...
Trump Seizes On Rate Cuts Elsewhere in Bid to Pressure the Fed
President Trump has increasingly pointed to rate cuts by other central banks as he pressures Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, ...
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Who Is Jerome Powell?
Jerome H. Powell has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) since May 25, 2012, appointed by then-President Barack Obama to fill an unexpired term. He was ...
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Can Trump remove Powell as Fed chair before his term ends?
President Donald Trump on Thursday lambasted Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell — saying his “termination cannot come fast enough” — after Powell said the administration’s ...
Fed Governor Calls for Rate Cuts as Soon as July
Christopher J. Waller, who was appointed by President Trump, said the central bank should not wait for the labor market to ...