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White House 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 ...

Trump to visit Fed as White House intensifies pressure on Powell

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington on Thursday as tensions escalate ...

US job market cools as pressure grows on Jerome Powell to cut rates

The US job market cooled down in July as government and foreign workers suffered a significant hit — will likely putting ...

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 ...
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Powell faces White House pressure ahead of key Fed rate decision

Trump and other White House officials have been pressuring Fed Chairman Jerome Powell for months over his wait-and-see ...

Trump presses Powell to cut rates during tense visit to Fed

President Donald Trump locked horns with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a rare presidential visit to the U.S.

Trump has given Powell ‘no motivation to cooperate’ says former White House commerce secretary—he might now be paying the price for it

Trump's former commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, tells Fortune that President Trump has given the Fed an unwinnable dilemma.

White House Seeks to Inspect Fed Renovation in Bid to Pressure Powell

Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access ...
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Federal Reserve to hold benchmark interest rates steady despite pressure from White House

The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it’s keeping its benchmark interest rate steady, citing elevated uncertainty over ...