Jerome Powell says Trump can’t fire him

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 12, 2019 12:23 am

WASHINGTON, D.c.: US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who has faced bitter criticism from Donald Trump, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the president can’t fire him.

“The law is clear that I have a four-year term. And I fully intend to serve it,” Powell told CBS television’s “60 Minutes.”

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