Council of Economic Advisers

Trump Installs Economic Adviser on Federal Reserve Board in Unprecedented Dual Role

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The Senate confirmed Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in a 48-47 vote while he remained chair of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers—marking the first time in the Fed’s 111-year history that a Board member simultaneously served as a presidential employee. Though …

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