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White House budget director Russell Vought said in a social media post that Jerome Powell 'has grossly mismanaged the Fed' as he published a letter sent to the central bank chairman raising concerns about renovations of the institution's Washington offices.
The White House on Thursday launched a fresh attack on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with a top Trump administration official saying Powell had "grossly mismanaged" the central bank, chastising him for running a deficit and for extensive cost overruns for building renovations.
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Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell "has grossly mismanaged the Fed."
A recent letter from the White House is raising eyebrows in Washington — with some analysts speculating it may be part of a broader push to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The letter, issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
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The White House financial watchdog ripped Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over a lavish revamp of the central bank’s Washington, DC headquarters — and warned construction could be
The central bank remains cautious, even as calls for rate cuts grow louder from the White House and other policymakers.
As the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting were released on Wednesday, the word “uncertainty” reigned supreme amid the ongoing tariff turmoil and President Donald Trump‘s call to cut rates by 3 percentage points.