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Trump says Fed chair should be fired for fighting his tariffs' higher prices

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Wayne Arnold
Apr 18, 2025
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Trump wants to fire his central banker and replace him with a more obedient one. If his recent policy choices are any guide, he’s just about dumb enough to do it.

It was Trump who nominated Jerome Powell to his first term as Federal Reserve chair in 2017. But even then, Trump wasn’t happy with Powell, lambasting his efforts to quell inflation by raising …

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