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President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says the alledged mismanagement of a building renovation project could be grounds for firing Powell.
President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell are so commonplace at this point that they barely register in financial markets these days. The rapidly intensifying multi-pronged efforts by Trump’s advisers to amplify and expand on Trump’s attacks are a good reason to rethink that indifference.
A disaster for working Americans: Trump’s attacks on Fed chair Jerome Powell risk tanking the dollar
Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell threaten far more than one man’s job—they endanger the entire U.S. and global economy. The Fed was intentionally designed to operate independently of political pressure,