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Trump set to fill Fed board vacancy by week's end, has narrowed chair search to four
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's ...
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Trump narrows Fed chair candidates to four, excluding Treasury Secretary Bessent
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s whittled down his list of potential Federal Reserve chair candidates to four as ...
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Trump named Warsh, Hassett, Waller, and Bowman as his four top picks for Fed chair
Trump has trimmed down his shortlist for the next Federal Reserve chair to four names, all loyalists: Kevin Warsh, Kevin ...
Prediction markets see Hassett and Warsh as Fed chair front-runners as Trump talks up the 'Kevins'
In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Trump spoke highly of Hassett and Warsh as potential candidates to ...
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...
Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’
Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...
Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report
Co-host Joe Kernen tried to convince Trump that firing Dr. Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report could ...
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Trump takes Bessent off Fed short list, says four remain
The president said he would soon announce a replacement for departing Fed Gov. Adriana Kugler, adding that it's a ...
Ex-Trump official criticizes him for firing head of statistics agency
An official who ran the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics during President Donald Trump’s first term is criticizing Trump ...
Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Trump Slams 'Rigged' Jobs Data After Firing BLS Chief, Mentions Two Possible Fed Chair Picks
Just days after firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, President Donald Trump reignited criticism ...
Trump rules out Scott Bessent as Fed chair
President Trump took Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent off his list of possible candidates to helm the Federal Reserve and joked about selecting “Squawk Box” anchors for roles on the central ...