Powell to Trump: Go ahead, make my day
CNN
Imagine you’re at a job you love but you have a boss you just really don’t get along with. You stick it out, though, because, after all, it’s your dream job. Then one day your boss leaves and everything starts to get a whole lot better.
Imagine you’re at a job you love but you have a boss you just really don’t get along with. You stick it out, though, because, after all, it’s your dream job. Then one day your boss leaves and everything starts to get a whole lot better. And then, you find out they’re coming back. That’s essentially what Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is experiencing with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Barely 48 hours after Trump had been named president-elect, the tension was already evident during Powell’s Thursday press conference after the Fed’s two-day monetary policy meeting. When a reporter asked the Fed chair if he’d resign if Trump asked him to, Powell didn’t miss a beat. “No,” he replied curtly, without elaborating on that question.