Trump and Powell spoke for five minutes on May 20

No word on what they spoke about

I’m sure Trump just called to say how much he respected the Fed’s independence.
The report comes from the just-published calendar.
No word on what they spoke about

Here was the news wrap from May 20. There wasn’t much going on that day but Trump and Powell did both speak later that evening. Here were the comments from Powell. He also said that it was premature to make judgement on trade & tariff impacts on path for monetary policy.

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