Email exchanges among central bankers and their staff show that some of them are watching Trump's continued hectoring of the Fed to lower rates, and aren't pleased with what they see.
"Ugh Ugh," Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida responded when communications director Michelle Smith sent him a screenshot of an August Trump tweetLater in the day, Smith sent Powell and Clarida an account in which Sen.
Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said in a radio interview that the Fed should be free of political pressure and expressed support for the chairman.Powell repeatedly has said the Fed is not influenced by the president's attacks. Trump variously has
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