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The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks for its next leader.
Trump hopes to get lower rates by replacing Fed Chair Jerome Powell with someone who would do what the president wants. But Powell’s term as chair does not end until May 2026. He’s insisted he won’t resign early.
Financial market participants have pushed out yet again the end date for the effort to shrink the size of the Federal Reserve's large balance sheet, the minutes of the U.S. central bank's June 17-18 policy meeting showed on Wednesday.
Editor-in-chief of Forbes and Republican businessman Steve Forbes ripped into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on Fox Business’ “Kudlow,” telling Powell to focus on having a “stable value for the dollar” instead of mouthing off about tariffs.
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U.S. stocks closed higher even though Federal Reserve meeting minutes show no hurry to cut rates and Amazon's Prime Day falls short.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is among the contenders to head the Federal Reserve. Can President Donald Trump have him do both jobs at once?
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President Donald Trump has unleashed on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as an Apprentice-style showdown for a replacement is unfolding in the background. “ANYBODY BUT ‘TOO LATE,’” Trump wrote in a post Wednesday morning,