Can Trump fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell?
by Lauren Aratani from US news | The Guardian on (#6WRHZ)
Trump said the central bank should lower interest rates, but Powell demurred - and the president isn't happy with him
The US Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, has for months faced attacks from Donald Trump, who has threatened to fire the head of the central bank.
While Trump has since walked back his attacks against Powell, insisting he has no intention" of terminating him after markets slumped, relations between the pair remain strained.
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