Trump, Powell and Federal Reserve
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Eyes were closed, heads were shaking and backs were slapped. The nonverbal cues at the president's visit to the Federal Reserve are worth another look.
It was not a flattering moment for a president who routinely makes up figures but who is rarely fact-checked by his appointees on camera.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has told multiple associates and allies that there’s no chance he will bow to President Donald Trump’s calls for him to resign, vowing to withstand several more months of the president’s unprecedented,
Jerome Powell's leadership approach at the Federal Reserve focuses on calmness, consensus-building, and flexibility, said experts.
Trump is the first president to visit the Fed since President George W. Bush attended the swearing-in ceremony of Fed Chair Ben Bernanke in 2006. That ceremony marked only the third visit of a president to the Fed, Bernanke noted in his remarks on the day.
Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News White House Correspondent and Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Department Reporter joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Fed Chair Jerome Powell standing up to President Donald Trump as he tried to make up lies in real-time in front of him on camera.
An investment firm headed by a supporter of President Donald Trump sued Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other Fed officials demanding public access to monetary policy meetings.James Fishback’s Azoria Capital said in a suit filed Thursday that the decades-old practice of holding Federal Open Market Committee meetings behind closed doors violates government transparency laws.