Jerome Powell drops a bombshell, a new movie celebrates a pioneering banker, and the Washington Commanders debut their new stadium’s design. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 12-16. Hit: A Very Big...
An off-hand remark by President Trump appears to affirm that National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is out of the running to become the next Federal Reserve chairman. The Wall Street Journal reports Trump was speaking at a healthcare event at the White House...
President Trump showed no sign of dialing back on his administration’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, offering new insults following Powell’s announcement that he is being threatened with criminal indictments by the Department of Justice (DOJ)....
The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal has called on President Trump to fire Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In an editorial titled “Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition,” the Journal identified Pulte as the mastermind behind...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s announcement that he was being threatened with indictment by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged perjury during a Senate hearing has generated a harsh response from several Capitol Hill Republicans and former leaders...