White House, Jerome Powell and Fed building renovation
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Fed, Jerome Powell and Trump
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President Trump asked Republican lawmakers this week whether he should fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom he appointed to the position in 2017. The move followed months of criticism by Trump of Powell,
As the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte oversees the system that helps keep the U.S. mortgage market liquid.
After asking a group of House Republicans on Tuesday if he should fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, President Trump on Wednesday said it's unlikely Powell will be fired and he'll wait until the Fed chair's term is up next year.
As President Trump floats the idea of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Yahoo Finance Senior Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan breaks down the hurdles required for the president to actually remove the central bank chair and why the law is set up this way.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday responded to a Trump administration official's demands for information about cost overruns for a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters campus,
Barron’s spoke with Tobin Marcus, head of U.S. policy and politics with Wolfe Research and a former White House advisor during the Obama era, about what could unfold if Trump follows through on such a move. An edited version of our conversation is below.
The freewheeling style of Bill Pulte, the head of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—and known to some as “Little Trump”—is landing the wrong way with some industry and administration officials.
The dollar was broadly stronger against major peers on Thursday as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump's latest comments on Fed Chair Jerome Powell's future, while concerns over a pivotal election in Japan weighed on the yen.