Trump Says Not Firing Fed Chair -- But Not Ruling Out

Fuente: International Business Times

US President Donald Trump lashed out at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell but said he was not likely to fire the central bank leader for now AFP US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was not currently planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but added that he did not rule it out. Trump's mixed messaging, after months of escalating attacks on the independent central bank chief, sent the yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond surging above five percent. Asked about whether he would eject Powell, Trump said he is "doing a lousy job but no, I'm not talking about that.