Jerome Powell agrees to resign
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Potential removal of Fed Chair Jerome Powell could disrupt markets, spike inflation expectations, and impact the USD and bonds.
A senior Trump administration official said Friday that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is “considering resigning” as pressure grows for an investigation into whether he lied to Congress about the central bank’s “Palace of Versailles” renovations to its headquarters in Washington, DC.
As the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting were released on Wednesday, the word “uncertainty” reigned supreme amid the ongoing tariff turmoil and President Donald Trump‘s call to cut rates by 3 percentage points.
A top White House budget official said President Trump is "troubled" by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's management, as Mr. Trump pressures him over interest rates.
The White House financial watchdog ripped Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over a lavish revamp of the central bank’s Washington, DC headquarters — and warned construction could be
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is ‘considering resgining’, according to reports. Chairman of the Board of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac William J. Pulte issued a statement saying: “I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome Powell is considering resigning. I think this will be the right decision for America, and the economy will boom.”
President Trump is putting pressure on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, and has been critical of the Fed’s $2.5 billion office renovation.
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President Donald Trump ousted Joe Biden’s appointees to the National Capital Planning Commission, the obscure panel that oversees urban planning for the Washington area. And instead of the usual wonky architecture types,