4/2/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump told Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ‘I guess I’m stuck with you’ in a recent phone call, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday [4-2-19], underscoring tensions between the White House and the independent central bank. The Trump administration has repeatedly and publicly blasted the Fed for raising interest rates last year, and on Friday [3-29-19] the president blamed the Fed for hurting the U.S. economy and stock market.”

Reuters Staff, “Trump tells Fed chair Powell he is ‘stuck’ with him: WSJ,” Reuters, April 2, 2019 3:27 pm