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Why Trump might not get rapid interest-rate cuts even after he replaces Fed chief Powell
Trump hopes to get lower rates by replacing Fed Chair Jerome Powell with someone who would do what the president wants. But ...
'I would hope' Powell steps down from Fed board when chairmanship is up: Faulkender
Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender told Yahoo Finance he would like to see Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ...
Stocks close higher despite go-slow Fed, poor Prime Day showing
U.S. stocks closed higher even though Federal Reserve meeting minutes show no hurry to cut rates and Amazon's Prime Day falls ...
Trump Stages ‘Apprentice’ Race Between 2 Kevins for Fed Chair
Warsh, 55, is a former Morgan Stanley banker. He was appointed to the Fed’s board in 2006 by George W. Bush, serving until ...
Latest Fed Minutes Underscore Divisions Over Pace of Interest Rate Cuts
The U.S. central bank’s decision to hold interest rates steady in June was unanimously supported, but officials were starting ...
Fed minutes show narrow support for rate cut in July — but there’s a big divide brewing
Fed Governor Christopher Waller and Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman have since said they felt rates could fall ...
Next Fed leader may struggle to deliver the rate cuts Trump wants, watchers say
Some investors have staked out positions in futures markets that will profit if interest rates drop immediately after Jerome ...
A Hazy Inflation Outlook Divides the Fed
Minutes from the Fed’s June policy meeting tease at a looming split over whether and when officials will resume rate cuts.
Who after Jerome Powell? Two Kevins heat up US Fed chair race— one from Trump’s inner circle
Two Republicans are vying for the top chair at the Federal Reserve. Kevin Hassett, a Ph.D. economist who worked at the Fed in ...
Top Treasury official talks tariffs, Powell, Trump's tax bill
In a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Jennifer Schonberger, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael ...
The real reason Trump wants to fire the Fed chair
President Donald Trump has said the quiet part out loud. His threats to terminate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell if ...
Trump’s search for Powell’s replacement at the Fed is getting louder
President Trump’s search for a successor to Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve is getting louder as candidates compete to criticize the central bank publicly and more options for how to fill that ...