Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump‘s budget chief on Thursday said that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “has grossly mismanaged the Fed” and suggested he had misled Congress about a pricey renovation of the central bank’s headquarters.
The broadside by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought opened up a new front in Trump’s war of words against Powell.
Trump has repeatedly called on the Fed chairman to cut interest rates, without success.
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