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Powell Letter Addresses White House Criticism of Fed Renovations
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a Thursday letter countered criticisms leveled at the central bank by a top White ...
Trump aides to visit Federal Reserve Thursday amid renovation scrutiny
A group of White House officials are set to visit the Federal Reserve on Thursday amid escalating criticism of chairman ...
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Trump officials using building renovation costs to go after Fed chair, WSJ says
High-profile criticism of some $700 million in cost overruns is said to be an effort to pressure Jerome Powell to quit.
Trump admin live updates: Powell defends Fed renovation plans amid White House criticism
President Donald Trump is scheduled to welcome NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to the White House on Monday, a day after ...
Fed's Powell asks watchdog to take fresh look at renovation project, Politico reports
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has asked the Fed board's inspector general to take a fresh look at the project ...
White House escalates pressure campaign on Fed chair by targeting its headquarters renovation
President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure campaign to get the Federal Reserve chairman to either lower interest rates ...
Trump budget chief Vought ramps up criticism of Powell, vows investigation into Fed renovations
Powell has said politics don't play a part in Fed rate decisions. He and his colleagues have held the key overnight borrowing ...
Trump demands 'terrible' Fed chair Powell resign immediately, calls for rate cuts
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Chairman Jerome Powell to resign immediately, and renewed his calls for the central bank to lower interest rates.