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Trump Says He Won’t Fire Powell But Demands Rate Cut

President Donald Trump reiterated Thursday he did not plan to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, days after saying he would “soon” pick his nominee to lead the central bank next.

“The fake news is saying, ‘Oh, if you fired him, it would be so bad, it would be so bad.’ I don’t know why it would be so bad, but I’m not going to fire him,” Trump said at a White House event on Thursday.

Trump went on to repeat his complaints that the Fed has not moved quickly enough to cut interest rates, as more evidence emerged of cooling inflation. Powell’s term as chair expires in May 2026.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/trump-says-he-won-t-fire-powell-but-again-demands-rate-cut

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