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Federal Reserve Powell

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

As Donald Trump, the once and future president of the United States, prepares to take control of the executive branch of the federal government ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” as much as any one person can control that massive enterprise ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” he must take steps to make Americans confident in the national economy.

Not the high finance part of the economy, but the retail level where most of the people who voted for him live.

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