Wall Street, Trump and Powell
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A firing of Jerome Powell by President Trump would likely open up a legal war never before seen in the US, without any guarantee of a courtroom victory for the White House.
Wall Street watched the major averages end Wednesday on top as markets grinded out a win in the wake of a softer-than-anticipated wholesale inflation report and news that President Trump indicated that he would fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
This past April, when President Donald Trump started flirting with the notion of firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, stocks and the dollar tumbled because investors worried that even talking about such a move crossed a red line.
JPMorgan's Brenda Duverce is initiating coverage on the AI startup today. Duverce said OpenAI stands to shake up the search market further in the years ahead, with an unrivaled brand and a $700 billion total addressable market potential.
The S&P 500 reverses earlier losses to close just shy of a record.