Emer Walsh: Trump’s ire towards Fed chair has reached a fever pitch

The Fed attributed its decision to uncertainty around the economic outlook, an issue to which the US president has undoubtedly contributed

Jerome Powell: Fed will wait for ‘greater clarity’. Picture: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

US president Donald Trump has made his views on Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell crystal clear.

“If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast, believe me,” he told reporters in the Oval Office last week.