How Susan Collins and Republicans Are Handling Trump’s Federal Reserve Threat

How Susan Collins and Republicans are handling Trump’s Federal Reserve threat

Trump is threatening again to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if Powell doesn't resign when his term ends May 15.

How Trump’s repeated efforts to fire the Federal Reserve chair harm the economy • Kentucky Lantern

Jerome Powell has said he intends to remain chair of the Federal Reserve if the Senate has not yet confirmed his successor when his term expires May 15. Legally, Powell is allowed to do this. (Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current)This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. President Donald Trump has again threatened to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, putting at risk a k…

How Trump’s Efforts to Fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell Are Harming the Economy

Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex and Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University President Donald Trump has again threatened to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, putting at risk a keystone of good economic policy and inflation management: central bank independence. The president said on April 15, 2026, that he would fire Powell if the Fed chair stayed on in that role after his …

How Trump’s repeated efforts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell harm the economy – and make battling inflation harder

by Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex and Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump has again threatened to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, putting at risk a keystone of good economic policy and inflation management: central bank independence. The president said on April 15, 2026, that he would fire Powell if the Fed chair stay…