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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues will step into the central bank’s board room on Tuesday to deliberate on interest rates at a time of immense political pressure, evolving trade policy,
President Donald Trump visited the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington Thursday, where he publicly scorned Fed chairman Jerome Powell over the costs of a long-planned, roughly $2.5 billion renovation project.
President Donald Trump said he won't fire Jerome Powell following a clash at the Federal Reserve that saw the Fed chair correct the president.
President Donald Trump told reporters he would not fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell despite growing tension between the two over interest rates.
Trump lambasted the Fed for its $2.5 billion renovation of its headquarters and another building ahead of a tour of the site.
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U.S. President Donald Trump toured the Federal Reserve this week in the first instance of an incumbent leader visiting the central bank since 2006. Despite some visible squabbling with chair Jerome Powell over the construction costs of the Fed's new headquarters and Trump's repeated insistence to lower interest rates,
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has made the removal of the Fed chair his personal mission.
Eyes were closed, heads were shaking and backs were slapped. The nonverbal cues at the president's visit to the Federal Reserve are worth another look.