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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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'A dreadful idea': Why Wall Street's brightest minds hate the idea of Trump firing Fed Chair Powell
Wall Street steady again after President Donald Trump downplays threat to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s job
Wall Street hangs near its record as PepsiCo and United Airlines offset drops for health care stocks
Wall Street is hanging near its records following some better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies.

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Wall Street steady again after Trump downplays threat to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's job
Markets will ‘crash' if Trump fires Powell, Sen. Warren warns
Wall Street cruises to more records as PepsiCo and tech stocks rally
A strong profit report from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. helped drive tech stocks, and its net income soared nearly 61% in the last quarter from a year earlier.

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Trump-Powell Feud Heats Up: Odds Of Fed Chair Ouster Spike
Stock futures mixed as retail sales report comes in hot
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.
Fed's Waller Calls for July Interest Rate Cut
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said policymakers should cut interest rates this month to boost a job market that looks to be weakening.
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.
TRADING DAY Econ surprise, Wall Street's new highs
Consumers' inflation expectations, by some measures, are also the highest in decades. Inflation has been above the Fed's 2% target for over four years, and the prospect of a dovish Fed under the stewardship of a new Trump-friendly Chair could keep it that way.
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Wall Street loses steam as Fed feud, tariffs worry investors
Markets got back to treading water this week, as inflation and tariff concerns have some analysts pushing the next interest rate cut to December.
Fed cut would feed inflation and hurt stocks, warns Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco
James Bianco, Bianco Research president, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the latest inflation read and why he believes the Federal Reserve cutting rates would be a mistake.
Wall Street lifted by United Airlines, strong data; Nasdaq flies to record
The Nasdaq rose to a record high on Thursday, leading a cautious climb across Wall Street's major indexes, as strong economic data lifted spirits and airline stocks took off on United Airlines' results.
Trump rattles Wall Street as he denies he'll fire the Federal Reserve's chair
U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher on Wednesday following a better-than-expected update on inflation across the country.
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