President Donald Trump praised Federal Reserve Board member Christopher Waller after his interview with the candidate for the U.S. central bank’s top job.
Trump met with Waller on Dec. 17 as part of the administration’s process to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term expires in May.
“I think he’s great. I mean, he’s been a man who’s been there a long time. Somebody that I was very involved with in the sense of his career, and he’s a fantastic man,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Dec. 18.
Waller—first appointed by Trump to the Board of Governors in 2020—has previously said he would be the right person for the position….