Trump Advisers Float Shortlist of Names for Fed Chair
- Laffer floats himself as a potential central bank chair pick
- Trump has said he won’t reappoint Powell to serve as chair
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Advisers to Donald Trump are floating a shortlist of names to chair the Federal Reserve should the former president win a second term, with candidates including prominent tax-cut advocate Arthur Laffer, former Fed governor Kevin Warsh and Kevin Hassett, a one-time chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
The informal advisers, Steve Moore and Laffer — who floated himself as a potential pick — presented their recommendations to Trump when dining with him last week at the presumptive Republican nominee’s private club, Mar-a-Lago, said Moore.