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Projected US Interest Rates in 5 Years: Pressure Mounts on Chair Powell to Resign
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged in its fourth meeting of 2025. The Fed aims to bring inflation down to 2%, ...
Will Bessent serve as Fed chair, Treasury secretary at the same time?
The possibility that President Trump could replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is spinning heads from Washington to Wall Street and beyond.  Senators ...
Monetary policy at the world’s most important central bank could hinge on an argument over building renovation specs
The latest spat between the Trump administration and the Federal Reserve is sounding more like a home-improvement reality TV ...
Explainer: Why Trump's push for a 1% Fed policy rate could spell trouble for US economy
U.S. President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve should set its benchmark interest rate at 1% to lower government ...
Trump Allies Open New Front With Powell Over Building Rehab
President Donald Trump and his allies have seized upon a new way to criticize the head of the US central bank: his handling ...
Economic council head says Trump's ability to fire Fed's Powell is 'being looked into'
In an interview with ABC News, Kevin Hassett was also pressed about the president's decision to hit imports from Brazil with ...
Central bank independence needs a better defence: Peacock
Investors may be fixated on Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve, but the Bank of England also faces increasing ...
Market Recognizes U.S. Tariff Threats As Negotiation Tactics And Sees Through New Front In Criticism Of Powell
The market has taken the US threat of 30% tariffs on the EU and Mexico in stride. The dollar is narrowly mixed against the ...
Bond Vigilantes Threaten to Derail Trump’s ‘Brilliant’ Debt Plan
Trump has also been frustrated by the Bond Vigilantes. On April 9, he was forced to postpone imposing his April 2 “Liberation ...
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Trump says Powell should resign immediately
US President Donald Trump continued to pressure Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, stating that he should resign ...
Donald Trump criticises Fed Chair Jerome Powell again, says ‘I hope he quits’
U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for cause if evidence supports that, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday, adding that ...