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Trump considering 11 candidates for Fed chair, including David Zervos and Rick Rieder: CNBC
- President Donald Trump has narrowed down potential candidates for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to three or four names, as he told reporters.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is interviewing 11 candidates for Powell's job, according to a senior administration official speaking to FOX Business.
- Tensions between Trump and Powell have increased due to differences over interest rate decisions, with Trump urging cuts since 2024.
- The list of candidates includes David Zervos, Rick Rieder, and eight others, although a decision on the replacement is not expected soon.
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The Trump administration is considering eleven candidates to replace Jerome Powell at the end of his term of office in May, but without giving names.
Trump says Fed chair search down to ‘three or four’ candidates, with announcement coming ‘a little bit early'
President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday afternoon that he has narrowed down the list of potential successors to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to "three or four" candidates and intends to announce his decision earlier than planned."I think I'll name it a little bit early – the new chairman," Trump told reporters while speaking at the Kennedy Center. "I'm down to three or four names – all good, all great. The problem is, you na…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Seong-min = On the 13th (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump announced the nomination of the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank...
Fed Search Continues With Private Sector Candidates
The Trump administration is considering several private sector candidates for chair of the Federal Reserve when the role opens in May, including a strategist at Jefferies LLC and an executive at BlackRock Inc., according to an administration official.
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