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Trump says Fed Chair Powell’s exit ‘can’t come soon enough’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell declines to cut interest rates, angering US President Donald Trump [File: Erin Hooley/AP Photo]

United States President Donald Trump has hinted at firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell amid the president’s frustration that the central bank will not aggressively cut interest rates.

On Thursday, Trump said that Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough”.

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