With the Jackson Hole summit on the horizon, all eyes are on Jerome Powell this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donald Trump has continuously threatened to fire Powell if he doesn’t lower interest rates soon, but nothing has happened yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, anything can happen in a moment’s notice in the Trump Administration, so let’s see who the favorites are to replace Powell should he be axed before the end of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odds are courtesy of BetOnline.ag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christopher Waller has emerged as a 7\/5 (+140) favorite, and the next closes-candidate is Kevin Hassett at 4\/1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The longshots on the board include David Malpass and Judy Shelton. Michelle Bowman is the only other female on the board at 12\/1. Fed Chair Odds can be seen here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Next Federal Reserve Chair <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Christopher Waller 7\/5<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kevin Hassett 4\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kevin Warsh 9\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Zervos 5\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n James Bullard 12\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michelle Bowman 12\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephen Miran 18\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rick Rieder 25\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marc Sumerlin 33\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott Bessent 33\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Malpass 50\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Judy Shelton 50\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the Jackson Hole summit on the horizon, all eyes are on Jerome Powell this week. Donald Trump has continuously…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":25976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[348,66],"class_list":["post-25975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-jerome-powell","tag-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t