Tension grows between President Trump and Jerome Powell

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  Hello, and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service, Amra Holthand,

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  and on this edition we will bring you the latest on these turbulent times for the global economy.

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  And this week, of course,

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  we have been focusing on the growing tensions between Donald Trump and the chair of the Federal Reserve,

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  that is the US central bank, Jerome Powell.

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  He has been the subject to fierce criticism from Donald Trump,

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  who's accused him of being too slow to cut interest rates.

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  Let's remind you what the US president said on Thursday.

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  I don't think he's doing the job.

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  He's too late, always too late, a little slow, and I'm not happy with him.

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  I let him know it, and if I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast, believe me.

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  Well, on Friday, the White House's economic advisor, Kevin Hassett,

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  told reporters

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  that the Trump administration was considering whether Mr. Powell could be removed before his term ends.

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