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Bill Pulte, who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, applauded chatter stating Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell would soon depart from his position. “I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome
Bill Pulte, the nation's top mortgage regulator, has called for a congressional investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Fed Chair Powell faces resignation rumors amid White House accusations he misled Congress about the US Fed's $2.5 billion HQ renovation and resisted rate cuts.
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency accused the Federal Reserve chair of lying to Congress in testimony about office renovations.
FHFA Director William Pulte demanded that Powell be probed by lawmakers and suggested he could even be fired by President Trump.
President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are so commonplace at this point that they barely register in financial markets these days. The rapidly intensifying multi-pronged efforts by Trump’s advisers to amplify and expand on Trump’s attacks are a good reason to rethink that indifference.