<figure><img src="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icbHjRAgvsCw/v6/-1x-1.png"><figcaption><div><p>Source: Bloomberg, 26:24</p></div><div></div></figcaption></figure><p>Host Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg&#x2019;s head of government and economics, is joined by Anna Wong, chief US economist for Bloomberg Economics, and Bloomberg News senior Washington correspondent Saleha Mohsin to unpack the political backlash sparked by the Trump administration&#x2019;s criminal probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, including rare pushback from a few Republican lawmakers and Donald Trump&#x2019;s own Treasury secretary. The discussion explores how the move, which Powell says is over monetary policy rather than building renovations, could backfire by hardening his resolve, complicating Trump&#x2019;s plans to install a new Fed chair and his attempts to force interest rate cuts.</p>

Host Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg’s head of government and economics, is joined by Anna Wong, chief US economist for Bloomberg Economics, and Bloomberg News correspondent Saleha Mohsin to unpack the political backlash sparked by the Trump administration's criminal probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, including rare pushback from a few Republican lawmakers and Donald Trump’s own Treasury secretary. The discussion explores how the move, which Powell says is over monetary policy rather than building renovations, could backfire by hardening his resolve, complicating Trump’s plans to install a new Fed chair and his attempts to force interest rate cuts.

Trumponomics: How the Powell Probe Could Blow Up Trump’s Fed Plans

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