{'byline': 'by Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Lindsey Peterson', 'hosts': '', 'byline_sources': '', 'audience_id': '', 'original_station': [{'station': 'knxnews', 'path': 'knxnews/news/national/trump-fed-chair-powells-termination-cant-come-fast-enough'}], 'syndicated_items': [{'station': '947thewave', 'path': '/947thewave/news/trump-fed-chair-powells-termination-cant-come-fast-enough'}, {'station': 'kearth101', 'path': '/kearth101/news/trump-fed-chair-powells-termination-cant-come-fast-enough'}, {'station': '931jackfm', 'path': '/931jackfm/news/trump-fed-chair-powells-termination-cant-come-fast-enough'}], 'original_item': {'_index': 'published-content_v44', '_type': '_doc', '_score': None, '_source': {'date': '2025-04-17T15:16:00.961+00:00', 'lead': [{'data': {'title': 'Powell says Federal Reserve can wait on any interest rate moves', 'thumbnail_url': 'https://s1.dmcdn.net/v/YFOao1e0F_Geeir1W', 'id': 'x9i0mr6', 'created_time': 1744829998, 'mode': 'vod', 'private_id': 'k34I4weYndDkVcCSmOe', 'owner': 'x2yitaa', 'description': 'The Federal Reserve can stay patient and wait to see how tariffs and other economic policies of the Trump administration play out before making any changes to interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.', 'channel': 'news', 'tags': ['WCCOAM', 'Business', 'Jerome Powell', 'Federal Reserve', 'Fed', 'Trump Administration', 'President Donald Trump', 'Interest Rates', 'Tariffs', 'Tariff', 'Trade War'], 'private': False, 'addPublic': True}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/dailymotion/instances/cm9li2coo003h01olqzf1vgk8@published'}], 'slug': 'trump-fed-chair-powells-termination-cant-come-fast-enough', 'tags': ['Chairman Jerome Powell', 'Jerome Powell', 'President Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Federal Reserve', 'Federal Reserve Bank', 'Inflation', 'Tariffs', 'Tariff', 'Trade War', 'National News'], 'feeds': {'msn': True, 'rss': True, 'postup': True, 'facebook': True, 'newsfeed': True, 'sitemaps': True, 'frequency': True, 'smartNews': True, 'apple-news': False, 'smart-news': True, 'most-popular': True, 'reversechron': True, 'google-news-feed': True}, 'hosts': [], 'adTags': {'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/ad-tags/instances/cm9li2coo002x01ol8kcdqyal@published'}, 'byline': [{'hosts': [], 'names': [{'name': 'Aamer Madhani', 'slug': 'aamer-madhani', 'text': 'Aamer Madhani'}, {'name': 'Josh Boak', 'slug': 'josh-boak', 'text': 'Josh Boak'}, {'name': 'Lindsey Peterson', 'slug': 'lindsey-peterson', 'text': 'Lindsey Peterson'}], 'prefix': 'by', 'sources': []}], 'teaser': 'Trump says Federal Reserve Chair Powell’s ‘termination cannot come fast enough’', 'authors': ['Aamer Madhani', 'Josh Boak', 'Lindsey Peterson'], 'content': [{'data': {'text': "President Donald Trump slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, reiterating his frustration that the Fed has not aggressively cut interest rates and saying that the central bank leader's "termination cannot come fast enough.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003101olk8a6znid@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7373738_2025-04-17-131538&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>', 'isIframe': True, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7373738_2025-04-17-131538&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cm9li2coo003201olkaxi0qvn@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Trump hinted at moving to fire Powell, whose term does not expire until next year. The Republican president\'s broadside comes a day after\xa0<a href="https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/business/powell-says-federal-reserve-can-wait-on-interest-rate-moves">Powell said in a speech</a>\xa0that Trump\'s broad-based tariffs have left the Federal Reserve seeking "greater clarity” on the impact of policy changes in areas such as\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/immigration">immigration</a>, taxation, regulation and\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/tariffs">tariffs</a>\xa0before making the move on interest rates.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003301oldrfao5p4@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“Oil prices are down, groceries (even eggs!) are down, and the USA is getting RICH ON TARIFFS,” Trump said in a social media post.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003401ol08h0k7o9@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Referring to the European Central Bank, he added that Powell “should have lowered Interest Rates, like the ECB, long ago, but he should certainly lower them now. Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003501oli6zx495t@published'}, {'data': {'text': "It's not surprising that the president is lashing out after the warning that Powell issued Wednesday where he didn't use the word stagflation, but he made it clear that it is what he is most worried about. Stagflation is a rare condition where prices are going up even as unemployment goes up.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003601olvu7zspno@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The European Central Bank on Thursday\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-economy-rates-tariffs-d5db66fe8353571d2c88a27f9e916561">lowered its key interest rate</a>\xa0from 2.5% to 2.25%.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003701olvub15jce@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Powell was initially\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/united-states-government-general-news-5f8ea5e66c644673b59ac0c487723eea">nominated by Trump in 2017</a>, and he was\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-jerome-powell-federal-reserve-ca53fed8dab5621ac11dbdbb4461516e">appointed to another four-year term</a>\xa0by President Joe Biden in 2022. At a November news conference, Powell indicated he would not step down if Trump asked him to resign.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003801oljlpit4u7@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'He has also said that the removal or demotion of top Fed officials was “not permitted under the law.” Powell is in his position until at least 2026, at which point it is assumed that President Trump will replace him with someone else.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003901oleiwtjtw9@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Powell started Trump’s second term in a relatively secure spot with a low unemployment rate and inflation progressing closer to the Fed’s 2% target, conditions that could have spared the U.S. central banker from the president’s vitriol.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003a01olrcvwwd9t@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'But Trump’s aggressive and haphazard tariffs have increased the threat of\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/economy-trump-recession-78e4513c8990fcc9daa9fdab0dd84e45">a recession</a>\xa0with both higher inflationary pressures and slower growth, a tough spot for Powell, whose mandate is to stabilize prices and maximize employment. With the economy weakening because of Trump’s choices, the president appears to be looking to pin the blame on Powell.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm9li2coo003b01olboqco0pj@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<strong>Want to get caught up on what\'s happening in SoCal every weekday afternoon? </strong><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/fHPneL-D"><strong>Click to follow The L.A. 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