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{"text":[[{"start":8.59,"text":"Donald Trump has ruled out appointing Treasury secretary Scott Bessent to the Federal Reserve, as he narrows the list of candidates to lead the US central bank."}],[{"start":19.64,"text":"The US president on Tuesday told CNBC he had asked Bessent on Monday night if he wanted to move to the Fed but the Treasury secretary responded that he wanted to stay in his current role."}],[{"start":34.53,"text":"“I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said. “He does not want it. He likes being Treasury secretary. He’s doing a really good job.”"}],[{"start":45.81,"text":"Trump said he was considering four contenders to lead the Fed after Jay Powell’s term as chair ends in May 2026, including Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, and Kevin Warsh, a former official with the central bank."}],[{"start":64.04,"text":"“The two Kevins are doing well and I have two other people that are doing well,” he said."}],[{"start":70.47,"text":"Trump did not name the other two candidates. One possible internal nominee is Christopher Waller, a Fed governor appointed to the board of the central bank by Trump during his first term."}],[{"start":84.31,"text":"The discussions within White House over choosing Powell’s successor have intensified after Adriana Kugler — a Fed governor appointed by Joe Biden — quit on Friday, five months before her term was due to end. This has opened the door for the president to use the slot as a way to name a replacement for Powell."}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":106.41,"text":"Trump called Kugler’s departure a “pleasant surprise” and said he would soon choose a temporary replacement for her, but said it was also possible he would tap a candidate who would go on to succeed Powell."}],[{"start":119.16,"text":"“A lot of people say that, when you do that, why don’t you just pick the person who’s going to head up the Fed? That’s a possibility, too,” Trump said."}],[{"start":129.66,"text":"The president has harshly criticised Powell, who he has called a “stubborn mule” for the central bank’s decision to keep interest rates on hold this year. "}],[{"start":139.25,"text":"However, following a lacklustre jobs report for July published last week, which raised alarm bells about a slowing labour market, the chances of an interest rate cut by the central bank as early as next month have risen sharply."}],[{"start":156.18,"text":"He added he did not want to regret the choice, as he has with Powell, whom he tapped to lead the Fed in 2017 before falling out with him the following year."}],[{"start":166.81,"text":"“Sometimes they’re all very good until you put them in there,” Trump said."}],[{"start":172.56,"text":"Some Fed watchers have speculated that placing a candidate for the top job in the seat vacated by Kugler — establishing a so-called “shadow chair” — could make monetary policymaking more complicated and further frustrate the president."}],[{"start":188.7,"text":"Such a move “does pose risks in the sense that, from the outside, it isn’t always appreciated how much monetary policy is a group effort”, said Vincent Reinhart, chief economist at BNY Investments and a former senior Fed official."}],[{"start":207.85,"text":"“They may find it harder to turn the boat, in which case there could be disappointment from the White House and you turn from shadow chair to would-be chair.”"}],[{"start":225.8,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftmailbox.cn/album/a_1754444007_6400.mp3"}