Berating The Fed News Today

Patard of sexism, firing the praised federal reserve chairman for not being tall enough. maybe theres some binders on high shelves on the federal reserve he didnt think she could reach, or something. obviously a sexist assessment of her fine work. i dont really know if she would be doing a different job, but at least he could wonder, maybe, if he has the self-awareness of maybe he made a mistake. >> alexis, obviously the sort of political economy of the federal reserve is complicated. theres thi...

Together. >> the other thing, if i may-s that janet yellen would have been a lot less likely to raise rates than jay powell. and trump made the choice to not reappoint janet yellen because the "washington post" reported he thought she was too short. shes 53", and therefore he wanted someone taller. thats what the "washington post" reported. so if he wanted someone who wasnt going to raise rates, he could have stuck with janet yellen, but he didnt. >> its honestly one of the most insane and delic...

Kind of a nihilism to what trump is doing. he feels cornered, chris. he has these scandals closing in. hes not going to pass any legislation with a democratic house. and my concern is that he burns down the house with him as we go, ratcheting up trade wars, ratcheting up the dysfunction in our foreign policy, playing politics with the government shutdown and paychecks of hundreds of thousands of americans. thats what i think should worry us. the one thing that could possibly get through to him i...

Thats how concerned he is about the economy. which seems a little overheated to me. but it would be kind of ironic if he was hoisted by his own petard of sexism firing the beloved and universally praised federal reserve chairman for not being tall enough. maybe theres some binders on high shelves in the federal reserve he didnt think she could reach, or something. obviously a very sexist assessment of her fine work. i dont really know if she would be doing a different job, but at least he could ...

Thats what should worry us. the one thing that could possibly get through to him is the looming economic downturn, the tanking stock market, the negative economic indicators, all these actions have a real consequence and theyre going to make his difficult reelection that much harder. >> senator boxer, you can see hes spooked by that, reporting suggests that hes saying it in public, berating the fed chair and maybe threatening to fire him, which is not something that happens that often. do you th...

Burning down the house with him as we go, ratcheting up trade wars, ratcheting up the dysfunction in our foreign policy, playing politics with the government shutdown and paychecks of hundreds of thousands of americans. thats what should worry us. the one thing that could possibly get through to him is the looming economic downturn, the tanking stock market, the negative economic indicators, all these actions have a real consequence and theyre going to make his difficult reelection that much har...

Obviously a sexist assessment of her fine work. i dont really know if she would be doing a different job, but at least he could wonder, maybe, if he has the self-awareness of maybe he made a mistake. >> alexis, obviously the sort of political economy of the federal reserve is complicated. theres this idea of independence and the important of that, and sometimes i think thats been taken way too far to the detriment of the real economy. this is sort of uncharted waters, the current dynamic between...