While President Trump has a list of five finalists for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, he said last week that he thinks he knows who he'll pick.
"I think I already know my choice," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office regarding who will replace outgoing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May. "I'd love to get the guy currently in there out right now, but people are holding me back."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been leading the interview process and said last week that the president will be sitting down with the candidates soon.
The five candidates on the shortlis