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Fed's Powell, in Trump's crosshairs, gets backing from Congress

Fed's Powell, in Trump's crosshairs, gets backing from Congress

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with two goals: cementing the case for an interest rate cut at the end of this month, and bolstering his own Congressional wall of protection against a president who has made a daily habit of Fed bashing unseen since the 1970s.