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A fake resignation letter generated by AI fooled Utah Senator Mike Lee into thinking that Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, had quit on Tuesday. The senator tweeted and deleted the fake letter from his personal “basedmikelee” account, which staffers have confirmed that Lee operates directly.
Mohamed El-Erian and Jeremy Siegel think Jerome Powell's resignation would ultimately bolster the independence of the central bank.
Donald Trump has been bullying Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell—calling him “too late,” insulting his intelligence, and trying to gin up a case that Powell spent too much on renovations of the agency’s headquarters as a pretext for firing him.
New data from the White House Council of Economic Advisers backs President Donald Trump's calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.
The president has accused Powell of being political and nicknamed him “too late” when it came time to adjusting interest rates.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -There is no need for U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to immediately step down, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday, adding that the Fed chief's legacy should be to right-size the central bank's non-monetary policy functions.
Besieged Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should resign, Mohamed El-Erian, former Pimco CEO and current president of Queen’s College at Cambridge, tweeted on Tuesday, becoming one of the first mainstream market commentators to do so.
In the latest attempt by a White House ally to turn up the heat on Jerome Powell, a Republican congresswoman has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the Federal Reserve chief lied to C
There have been no indications from Powell that he plans to step down despite a barrage of criticism from the Trump administration.