Trump won't fire Powell — but he could still pressure the Fed, economist says

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  Posted by Two Blokes Apr 18 - Filed in General - #TwoBlokesTrading  - 2 views
  
  President Donald Trump is unlikely to follow through on his threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell — but the pressure from his public campaign for lower interest rates will still have an impact on the central bank's decisions, according to an economist who studied the president's tweets related to the Fed during his first term.