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Wall Street Hates the Idea of a ‘Shadow’ Fed Chair. It May Already Have One
The standoff between the men has led Trump to echo an idea first floated by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: the naming of a new Fed chair before the end of Powell’s term in May of next year. Trump said in late June that he could name a successor “very soon.”

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Wall Street steady again after President Donald Trump downplays threat to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s job
Wall Street is rattled as Trump says he discussed firing Powell but is ‘unlikely’ to do it
Equities rise, dollar down with Treasury yields as volatility eases
Equity indexes advanced slightly on Wednesday while the dollar fell with U.S. bond yields, as markets calmed after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was "highly unlikely" to fire Federal Reserve Ch...

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Wall Street hangs near its record as PepsiCo and United Airlines offset drops for health care stocks
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Wall Street steady again after Trump downplays threat to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's job
Wall Street cruises to more records as PepsiCo and tech stocks rally
Futures for the S&P 500 were unchanged before the opening bell Thursday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2%.

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Trump may be testing the waters by threatening to fire Fed’s Powell. Why he’s playing a dangerous game.
Trump-Powell Feud Heats Up: Odds Of Fed Chair Ouster Spike
The race to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell just got weirder
Bill Pulte, the current head of the Federal Housing Finance Authority that runs mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has lately surfaced as a possible pick alongside Kevin Warsh and Kevin
Dollar recovers from Fed fright, Wall Street watching Netflix
A healthy crop of earnings helped European stocks bust out of a four-day losing streak on Thursday, Wall Street was watching Netflix and the dollar bounced after U.S. President Donald Trump quashed talk he was about to fire Fed head Jerome Powell.
Trump may have broken Wall Street
This past April, when President Donald Trump started flirting with the notion of firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, stocks and the dollar tumbled because investors worried that even talking about such a move crossed a red line.
World shares gain after Wall Street cruises to more records, helped by strong US retail sales
World shares were mostly higher on Friday after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies. In early European trading,
Wall Street futures subdued after record session
U.S. stock index futures were muted on Friday, taking a breather after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed the previous session at record highs on upbeat earnings and economic data, while Netflix's standout profit failed to ignite enthusiasm.
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Wall Street futures edge up as optimism over economy offsets Netflix’s fall
All eyes remain on whether President Donald Trump's tariff measures are starting to ripple through the economy.
Dimon Defends Fed Independence After Trump Attacks
Many on Wall Street have privately worried that political pressure will undermine the Federal Reserve’s credibility.
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