Trump will examine whether or not to fireplace Fed Chair Powell, adviser says

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White Home financial adviser Kevin Hassett mentioned on Friday that President Donald Trump and his crew would examine the matter when requested if firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was an possibility.

“The president and his crew will proceed to check that matter,” Hassett advised reporters on the White Home in response to a query.

Hassett’s change with the press got here a day after Trump ramped up a long-simmering feud with the Fed chair, accusing Powell of “enjoying politics” by not reducing rates of interest and asserting he had the facility to evict Powell from his job “actual quick.”

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh in Washington; Enhancing by Lisa Shumaker)