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Kevin Hassett Says Fed Rate Decisions Tainted by Partisan Politics

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett accused the Federal Reserve of injecting politics into its interest-rate ...

Donald Trump says Hassett and Warsh are leading contenders for top Fed job

Donald Trump has said Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are now the front-runners in the race to succeed Federal Reserve chair ...

Here's What Happens to the Economy if Trump Fires Jerome Powell and Installs a Loyalist at the Fed

President Donald Trump wants to lower interest rates to approximately zero, a change that could goose the economy in the short term but in the long term would lead to roaring inflation. Federal ...

The White House is trying to change the conversation about Trump’s BLS scandal

President Donald Trump claims, without a shred of evidence, that the government’s premiere economic data operation ...

WH Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett: Yeah, I'm Sure Trump Will Rush To Fire Me Because Chuck Schumer Said To

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett responded to Sen. Chuck Schumer calling him a "flack," on CNBC this morning, ...

Waller a More Dollar-Supportive Pick For Fed Chief Than Other Frontrunners

The dollar fell and MUFG Bank said Fed Governor Christopher Waller would be the more dollar-supportive choice to become the central bank’s next chief compared with some other potential candidates.

August 3 — Kevin Hassett and Sen. Alex Padilla

White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett discusses President Trump’s decision to fire the official who oversees ...

Hassett says Trump ‘wants his own people’ at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing commissioner

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended Donald Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor ...

Fed chief candidate gins up new conspiracy on data quality — this time on GDP

Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council and one of the so-called “two Kevins” that may be the next chief ...