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Donald Trump will not seek to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before the central banker’s term ends and would consider JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for Treasury secretary if he won the Nov. 5 election, the former president told Bloomberg in an interview published on Tuesday. JPMorgan declined to comment on Trump’s remarks. Powell’s term as chairman runs through Januray 2026, and his position as a Fed governor continues until 2028. The interview was conducted in late June, according to Bloomberg. Trump said the Federal Reserve should abstain from cutting rates before the November elections in which the Republican presidential...

Im not enjoying the free republic lime I used to. Too many newbies that are trolls, looking for someone to drag into their abyss of self hatred. Theres been a lot of posts linked to posters with no bios, I think admin needs to limit the number of posts or remove those without any bio info.

Chirac sinks deeper into mire of scandal By Philip Delves Broughton in Paris (Filed: 02/02/2004) President Jacques Chirac was fighting last night to regain control of a fast unravelling scandal encircling his political power base. M Chirac seized charge of an inquiry into alleged telephone taps, break-ins and violent threats against judges investigating Alain Juppe, the former prime minister and his heir apparent, convicted on Friday of organising illegal party funding. The extraordinary intervention came the day after the justice ministry announced it would investigate the allegations. His gazumping of his own ministry indicates the seriousness with which he is...