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White House Keeps Pressure on Powell Over Rate Cuts and Renovations

President Trump and his top aides have criticized Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, for his management of both the economy and ...
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Federal Reserve to hold benchmark interest rates steady despite pressure from White House

The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it’s keeping its benchmark interest rate steady, citing elevated uncertainty over ...

Powell Must Resist Political Pressure

A lot was riding on today’s Federal Reserve rate decision, even though the Fed was always expected to hold rates. The Fed’s ...
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Drucker: Firing Powell is too risky — even for this White House

Donald Trump is hardly the first president to pressure the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates or take some other action ...

Trump has given Powell ‘no motivation to cooperate’ says former White House commerce secretary—he might now be paying the price for it

Trump's former commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, tells Fortune that President Trump has given the Fed an unwinnable dilemma.

Fed Chair Powell's finally fighting back as the White House looks to fire him 'for cause'

The White House uses an overbudget renovation of Fed headquarters to pressure Fed Chair Powell out of his job. Will it work?

White House escalates pressure campaign on Fed chair by targeting its headquarters renovation

President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure campaign to get the Federal Reserve chairman to either lower interest rates ...