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Trump to Visit Federal Reserve As Campaign Against Powell Intensifies

The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of renovations at the institution’s headquarters.
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Trump Visits Federal Reserve as Campaign Against Powell Intensifies

The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of work on the institution’s headquarters.

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President Trump visited the Federal Reserve on Thursday with Jerome H. Powell, second from right, the central bank’s chair.
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Trump Administration Keeps Pressure on Powell Over Rate Cuts and Renovations

President Trump and his top aides have criticized Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, for his management of both the economy and a $2.5 billion revamp of the central bank’s headquarters.

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Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, continues to face pressure from President Trump.
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Fed Defends Renovations as Trump Administration Intensifies Attacks

The Trump administration has seized on the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its building in what legal experts say could be pretext to fire Jerome H. Powell, the central bank chair.

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The Federal Reserve in Washington.
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Can Trump Fire Powell? He Likely Lacks Case to Remove Fed Chair, Experts Say.

The Trump administration is toying with removing Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, accusing him of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar update to its Washington headquarters.

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President Trump has seized on Jerome H. Powell’s renovation of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters as a potential reason to fire him, intimating that he engaged in “fraud.”
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Trump Has Penned Letter To Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell

The president waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell at a meeting in the Oval Office with House Republicans. It remains to be seen whether he follows through with his threat.

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President Donald J. Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the White House in 2017.
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The Economy Has Been Resilient. The New Round of Tariffs May Hit Harder.

The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation that economists have long feared.

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Economists warn it is just a matter of time before tariffs, if they take effect at the levels President Trump has threatened, start to bite.
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Bessent Steps Up Criticism of Fed as Auditions for Chair Intensify

The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks for its next leader.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shown a new willingness to deliver broadsides against the policies of the Federal Reserve.
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Trump Takes Reins on U.S. Economy With Policy Bill and Tariffs Renewal

President Trump has achieved much of his agenda, leaving the fate of the economy squarely in his hands.

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President Trump has forged ahead with the grand and potentially disruptive economic experiment that he previewed during the 2024 campaign.
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