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Markets keep Trump from delivering Powell his signature epithet: 'You're fired!'

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Wayne Arnold
Jul 18, 2025
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Firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell could actually push long-term interest rates higher.

Trump has kept markets guessing in recent days about whether he might dismiss his central banker. Markets have been sending him warning signals that he shouldn’t. Replacing Powell might win Trump a lower short-term interest rate. But markets, not the Fed, c…

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