News reports say Trump picks Herman Cain for Fed.
President Donald Trump plans to nominate former pizza chain executive and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Axios also earlier reported Trump has decided to choose Cain to fill one of two vacancies on the seven-member Fed board.
Trump is also considering nominating conservative commentator and longtime ally Stephen Moore to the Fed.
Trump Announce Moore on March 22
It is my pleasure to announce that @StephenMoore, a very respected Economist, will be nominated to serve on the Fed Board. I have known Steve for a long time – and have no doubt he will be an outstanding choice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2019
On March 22, the New York Times reported Trump Taps Fed Critic Stephen Moore for Board Seat.
In recent public writings and private meetings with Mr. Trump, Mr. Moore has pushed for the Fed to reverse at least two of the four interest rate increases that it approved last year. Mr. Moore blames those increases for a drop in commodity prices at the end of last year. He recently pushed the Fed to target commodity prices in setting interest rates, a view rarely advocated by economists and monetary policymakers.
“The Fed is sucking the oxygen out of the economy and has created an economically debilitating deflation,” Mr. Moore said in an email this month. “Deflation shrinks the economy. The Fed should reverse its disastrous rate hikes” of September and December.
“The one guy who gets this is Trump,” Mr. Moore added. “He told me in a meeting last month that the Fed is preventing us from staying on 3 to 4 percent growth path.”
The number one requirement for the job is to do what Trump wants, and Moore promises to do just that. I suspect Cain is also on board.
To cool down the controversy of Moore, it appears Trump will tap Cain first.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
This is pure bull shit –get rid of the corrupt fed and pay off the debt with their salaries–they are big fake freeloaders and not part of our country
I agree!
Wikipedia reminds us:
“Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991. He was deputy chairman, from 1992 to 1994, and chairman, from 1995 to 1996, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.[2] In 1995, Cain was appointed by Newt Gingrich to the Kemp Commission,[3] and was a senior economic adviser to the Bob Dole presidential campaign.”
I don’t think the cartel will put up with this.
Just got back from Enchanted Rock State Natural Area Texas
Had a nice sunset
ok so Kansas is a rather well known and respected Federal reserve…wonder why he was peddling 999 during the primary.
Was on the Fed before and was also Godfather’s Pizza CEO for 10 years, so maybe this time he’ll make them a offer they can’t refuse. 9-9-9 or something.
Neither of these guys moves the needle at all. The only stance that would matter would be to abolish the Fed entirely since its corruption is so total there can be no reform. Another Trump nothingburger!
While Cain is a political figure, he’s not a purely political appointee. From wikipedia:
“Cain served as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from January 1, 1989, to December 31, 1991. He became a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1992. He served as deputy chairman from January 1, 1992, to December 31, 1994, and then as its chairman until August 19, 1996, when he resigned to become active in national politics.”
Stability is the opposite of what we will get very soon.
And obama nominated pure and independent folks to the Fed Board…
Who promptly gave him $4 trillion in QE and zero interest rates for next 7.5 years…
… therefore trump must do the same?
Obama’s long gone. Stop trying to drown your trumpgret in your Obama trauma.
Memo: Trump is now president and has been since 2017.
I say “Nein, Nein, Nein!” to Herman Cain’s nomination.
With the outbreak of the GFC, Obama spoke of credit as the life blood of the economy. It sounds different if you were to say “debt is the life blood of the economy”, even though both the morning and the evening star refer to Venus.
Same goes for “oxygen”. You have to love all these organic metaphors about “health” or “addiction” and such when (mis)applied to the economy. Sucking the oxygen out of the room! How about more oxygen tanks for the FIRE sector!
(finance-insurance-real estate)
Slow news day so I am headed back out for pictures