President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Stephen Miran, a Treasury Department adviser in his first administration, would be the chair of his Council of Economic Advisers. President-elect Donald Trump The council advises the president on economic policy and is composed of three members, including the chair. Earlier this year, Miran and economist Nouriel Roubini authored a hedge fund study …
In picking Miran as his chief economist, Trump is turning to a critic of the Federal Reserve, who has argued that the independent agency should be subject to greater political control, a controversial view especially in the wake of earlier comments by Trump that the president should have a say in monetary policy. In a March 2024 report, Miran and …
