It won’t work, but it sure will rattle the economy.
Jerome Powell
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Trump’s Hit Job Against Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Today on TAP: The real fraud here is the misuse of confidential government data.
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Hijacking the Fed
Today on TAP: Trump may succeed in isolating Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and taking over the Fed himself, but the result would crash the economy.
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Trump versus the Fed
Jay Powell refuses to bend on interest rates, but he’s as bad as Trump when it comes to promoting crypto and weakening other financial regulation.
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Trump Blinks
Today on TAP: The president has backed off his latest threats to fire Fed Chair Jay Powell and is now talking of a grand bargain with China.
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Are We at an Inflection Point?
Today on TAP: Trump is governing more and more like an impulsive mad king who assumes he has absolute power. We will soon find out whether he does.
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Could Jay Powell Restrain Trump?
Today on TAP: Trump’s destructive tariff policies could well require emergency Fed intervention that Powell doesn’t want. Will the Fed chair have the nerve to challenge Trump?
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Keeping the Fed Independent—to Serve Wall Street
Chair Jerome Powell is battling to keep control of the Federal Reserve. He and Trump agree on weak regulation. On cheap money policy, Trump is winning.
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Memo to Term Appointees: Stay Put!
Today on TAP: Trump wants to oust the Fed chair and the IRS commissioner. They need to stay, as checks against autocratic power and hack appointees.
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Fed Chair Powell Enlisted in Failed Bid to Undercut Elizabeth Warren
Wall Street’s effort to keep Warren from becoming ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee did not succeed.
