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President Donald Trump, some days back, reportedly wanted to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell, but did not go through with it.
Ahead of US Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s scheduled speech, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for a comprehensive ...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Federal Reserve’s vital independence on monetary policy is threatened by its ...
President Donald Trump is scheduled on Monday to host Vice President JD Vance for lunch at the White House. The president ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that the Federal Reserves independence on monetary policy is under threat due to ...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has expressed a need to examine the performance of the Federal Reserve, which has ...
The Federal Reserve last cut its key benchmark interest rate in December, reducing it by 0.25 percentage points to a target ...
The remark came in response to being asked about firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
An examination of the Fed is necessary to determine why members have proved unable to “break out of a certain mindset,” Bessent said.
White House and administration officials have accused Powell of mismanaging a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Fed, ...
President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on Jerome Powell last week–but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent came to the Federal Reserve chair's defense, The Wall Street Journal reported. Bessent in ...