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Trump Threatens to Fire Powell as DOJ Probe Imperils Fed Succession

The remark highlights a DOJ probe that has become the key obstacle to a clean handover at the central bank.

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Fed Holds Rates, Lifts 2026 Inflation Outlook as Oil Shock Darkens Path to Cuts

Fed Holds Rates at 3.50%–3.75% in 10–2 Vote as Powell Stresses Data-Dependent Path

Fed Pauses Easing, Holds Rates at 3.50%–3.75% as Inflation Stays Elevated

Bipartisan Backlash Builds as DOJ Opens Criminal Probe Into Fed Chair Powell

Trump Intensifies Bid to Replace Powell, Pressures Bessent as Fed Chair Interviews Near

Markets Steady as Powell’s Dovish Shift and Bank Earnings Reanchor Rate‑Cut Bets

Sensex, Nifty Slip as Tariff Jitters Persists With Domestic Data and Earnings in Focus

Powell Flags Caution on Cuts as Fed Splits Over How Fast to Ease

Powell Signals Openness to September Rate Cut as Markets Reprice

Powell Opens Door to September Rate Cut at Jackson Hole

Sensex Sheds 694 Points as Six-Day Rally Ends, Nifty Falls Below 25,000

Powell’s Jackson Hole Finale Puts September Rate Cut Odds to the Test

Bitcoin Retreats to $113,000 as Liquidations and Rate-Cut Jitters Hit Crypto

Indian Stocks Extend Rally on GST Reform Plan and S&P Upgrade

Trump Narrows Fed Chair Shortlist to Four and Plans to Name Kugler Successor

Trump and Dimon Meet in Oval Office to Discuss Economy and Fed Policy

Fed Holds Rates Steady at 4.25%–4.50% With First Double Dissent in 30 Years

Fed Set to Hold Rates as Trump-Appointees Signal Rare Dissent

Trump Challenges Powell on Fed Renovation Costs but Drops Removal Threat