‘No Weight’: Top Fed Contender Tells Trump His Input Only Matters ‘If It’s Based On Data’
Dec 14, 2025
Kevin Hassett, a leading contender to become President Donald Trump’s next Federal Reserve chairman, drew a distinct line between political advice and monetary policy on Sunday, asserting that the President’s personal views on interest rates would carry “no weight” in the voting room unless
they were backed by hard economic data. Appearing on CBS News’ […]
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