Trump says he has no plans to fire Fed chief Jerome Powell

Dominic Rushe - TheGuardian - 00:58
President gives vote of confidence days after lashing out over central bank’s reluctance to cut interest rates

Donald Trump has said he has no plans to fire the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, days after calling the central bank boss a “major loser” whose “termination cannot come fast enough!”

“I have no intention of firing him,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday...
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