Trump rules out firing Powell while pushing him to cut rates

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President Donald Trump insisted he doesn’t plan to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell despite his sustained criticism over the pace of interest rate cuts.
“Why would I do that?” he said in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker that aired Sunday. “I get to replace…

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