Jerome Powell’s Trump whiplash
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What a player President Donald Trump is. Just as he was losing control of the Jeffrey Epstein story, rumors suddenly started circulating out of Trump’s White House that he was poised to fire Jerome Powell,
Investors await Japan’s trade figures, Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports, as well as Australia’s employment report for June.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors are becoming more measured in their reaction to news about Trump's Washington policy, with Wednesday's whipsawing headlines over Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell triggering a reaction that fell short of what could happen if the Fed chair was indeed fired.
Stocks had been rising modestly in the morning, before news reports saying that Trump was likely to fire the Fed chief, which quickly sent the the S&P 500 down by 0.7%. When later
Reports that President Trump was considering trying to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have had a clear, if modest, effect on the bond market—even after Trump told reporters that he [wasn’t “planning on doing anything.
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