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Trump's 0-for-4 streak of Fed choices raises concern about vetting process

Business / Financial Markets | ANALYSIS May 3, 2019

Trump's 0-for-4 streak of Fed choices raises concern about vetting process

by Justin Sink, Saleha Mohsin, Steven T. Dennis and Jennifer Jacobs

U.S. President Donald Trump has named four people for two seats on the Federal Reserve's board of governors. None of them have made it through the Senate, raising doubts about the president's central bank acumen and the White House's vetting process for nominees. Conservative economic ...

Trump's Fed pick Stephen Moore draws fire from Democrats over sexist remarks; Republicans silent

Business / Financial Markets Apr 25, 2019

Trump's Fed pick Stephen Moore draws fire from Democrats over sexist remarks; Republicans silent

Stephen Moore, the economic commentator that U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will nominate to the Federal Reserve Board, is drawing new fire from top Democrats for his comments denigrating, among other targets, women and the Midwest. But Republicans, whose 53 to 47 majority ...

Business / Financial Markets Apr 23, 2019

Herman Cain declines consideration for Fed seat, Trump says

Herman Cain, facing resistance from his own political party, has withdrawn from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday. Four Republican U.S. senators in recent weeks voiced opposition to Trump's expected nomination of Cain, likely enough ...

Trump picks Herman Cain and Stephen Moore for Fed seats said to be on track

Business Apr 8, 2019

Trump picks Herman Cain and Stephen Moore for Fed seats said to be on track

Top White House officials on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's plan to name two political loyalists to the Federal Reserve board of governors, brushing aside controversies over their personal lives and qualifications to help run the world's most powerful central bank. White House economic adviser ...

Trump sees swift pushback on Stephen Moore, his latest pick for the Fed

Business Mar 25, 2019

Trump sees swift pushback on Stephen Moore, his latest pick for the Fed

Stephen Moore has drawn swift and unusually pointed criticism after President Donald Trump picked him to be a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, with at least one prominent Republican economist calling on the Senate to block the appointment. "He does not have the intellectual ...

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