Fed Chair Greeenspan’s former sidekick Professor Alan Blinder said today that Powell would be pretty much a continuation of Yellen’s policies.,at least for the first part of his term. Apparently most financial people in and out of banking would prefer Yellen be left in. One of the CNBC guys said Taylor, a Stanford/Hoover Institution monetary theorist, would be a “showman’s choice” on Trump’s part. Which IMO we can do without.
Who is the least qualified?
Taylor hands down.
“Federal Reserve Chairman Harold N. Bornstein.”
My money is on Jared!
Jared who? I hardly know the guy.
ETA-He’s either MIA or has Gone To The Mattresses.
From the Firefly administration?
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana…
Looks more suited to the Hunter Thompson administration. Probably knows a lot about Hundred-dollar bills, tho.
Is Kevin Trudeau available? He’d be a natural…
Mnuchin is lobbying for Trudeau because Trump is thinking of making him Treasury Secretary if he promises not to use military planes for grocery shopping.
Ben Stein, hands down.
Its gotta be someone that will do Donnys bidding . ( Must NOT upset the Moron , he*ll need a diaper change ) .
Well, let’s see. Yellen won’t do his bidding, Taylor is a typical massive-ego wingnut who wants to experiment on the gobal economy with “Conservative economics cannot fail, only be failed” wackdoodle theories about which Donald could understand or care less, and Powell has been around banking and the Fed for years, so his loyalty is undoubtedly to the Status Quo.
So Donald’s kidding himslef.
Or Cohn has TOLD him who to pick.
That’s what I think, in which case it isn’t Taylor. Probably Powell.
ETA: If Taylor is appointed, to me it will be the most convincing evidence yet that Trump is unbalanced.Unless they can short-circuit such an appointment, it will piss off the business community. Trump doesn’t do that very often.
Yellen is a strong woman. He doesn’t like strong women. Beyond that it is any man Mnuchin says.