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Fed, Trump and Independent

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 42m

The Global Risks That Come With the Loss of an Independent Fed

Low rates can also inflate financial markets. Investors, unable to generate strong returns in safe assets, such as short-term Treasury notes, will move into progressively higher-risk assets, where returns are higher, but so is the danger of steep losses.

Why Some Trump Allies Want to Protect the Fed’s Independence

The president keeps threatening to fire Jerome Powell. There are reasons beyond market reaction why he might regret following through.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

President Trump is preparing to fire the Fed chair

President Trump asked Republican lawmakers how they felt about firing Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and they expressed approval for the firing, the people said. It remains to be seen if Trump will follow through on the threat.

Fed, Powell and White House

Reuters on MSN · 3h

Fed's Powell responds to White House on Fed headquarters renovation

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursdayresponded to a Trump administration official's demands for information about cost overruns for a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters campus,

The Washington Post on MSN · 3h

The Fed defends against White House attacks on headquarters renovation

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell defends the central bank's $2.5 billion renovation project against Trump administration criticism

U.S. News & World Report · 5h

Factbox-The Fed Building Renovations at the Center of Trump's Fight With Powell: Five Things to Know

(Reuters) -The spiraling cost of the Federal Reserve's years-long renovation of two historic buildings in Washington, D.C., has become the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration's escalating pressure campaign on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump wants out of the central bank because he hasn't delivered the interest-rate cuts he wants.

56mon MSN

Why is Trump unhappy with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and what does the Federal Reserve do?

President Trump floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell — whom he first appointed Federal Reserve chair — earlier this week, ...

2h

Top Fed Official Backs July Rate Cut as Trump Ramps Up Pressure

Christopher Waller, a potential contender to be the next chair of the central bank, said the Federal Reserve should not wait ...

8hon MSN

Can Trump fire the Fed Chair? He’s building a $2.5 billion excuse

The Federal Reserve is an independent organization, meant to be insulated from politics, and the Supreme Court suggested this ...

5h

What would happen if President Trump fired Jerome Powell? What Fed change could mean in Tennessee

While Trump may be denying reports he will fire Powell, reports tell a different story. Here's what Tennesseans need to know ...

3hon MSN

Fed's Waller again makes case for July interest rate cut

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday he continues to believe that the U.S. central bank should cut ...

3h

The Fed Should Cut Rates in July, Waller Says

A Federal Reserve governor seen as a candidate to succeed Chair Jerome Powell laid out his strongest case yet for a rate cut ...

1hon MSN

Bill Pulte Is One of Powell’s Biggest Critics. What He Has to Say About the Fed.

As the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte oversees the system that helps keep the U.S. mortgage ...

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