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Bessent: Trump Fed Chairman Choice Could Be Unveiled ‘As Soon as Next Week’

Bessent: Trump Fed Chairman Choice Could Be Unveiled ‘As Soon as Next Week’

by Phil Hall | Jan 20, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that President Trump is very close to making his selection for the next Federal Reserve chairman. “My guess is the president will reach a decision maybe as soon as next week,” said Bessent during a CNBC interview at the World...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Jan. 12-16

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Jan. 12-16

by Phil Hall | Jan 16, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

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...
Trump Remark Casts Doubt on Hassett as Next Fed Chairman

Trump Remark Casts Doubt on Hassett as Next Fed Chairman

by Phil Hall | Jan 16, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

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...
Trump Renews Powell Attacks: ‘He Either is Incompetent or He’s Crooked’

Trump Renews Powell Attacks: ‘He Either is Incompetent or He’s Crooked’

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

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)....
Wall Street Journal Calls on Trump to Fire FHFA’s Pulte

Wall Street Journal Calls on Trump to Fire FHFA’s Pulte

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

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...
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