President Donald Trump's economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's jobs are not under threat.
Hassett told an NBC News reporter at the White House that Powell's role as the leader of the U.S. central bank is completely safe.
Hans Nichols TWEET: JUST INN: Fed Chair Jerome Powell's job is safe, Kevin Hassett just told me at the White House. 100 percent, I asked? "Yes"
That assurance followed Hassett's appearance on Fox Business News, where the head of Trump's Council of Economic Advisors said he is highly confident that the president is happy with Mnuchin.
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