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Podcast: Squawk Box Europe Express
Episode: Trump backs off on firing Fed Chair Powell
Description: President Trump eases back on Jerome Powell, insisting he has no intentions to fire the Fed Chair – spiking U.S. futures and calming concerns over the Fed’s independence. U.S. markets rebound after Trump backs up comments made by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, saying that the tariff standoff with China is “unsustainable”. Elon Musk pledges to step back from his government work as Tesla posts its biggest earnings miss in half a decade. The IMF slashes its global growth forecast for 2025, warning that President Trump’s tariff policies risk unleashing “major negative shock”. In Europe, the newly crowned m...