Fed succession: will Trump stick to the script?
The race to succeed Jerome Powell as head of the world’s most powerful central bank has already begun
The ageing patriarch is concerned. The person he selected to lead a key organisation has proven a disappointment; he wants to find the ideal candidate to take his place – and perhaps only he himself has what it takes. Meanwhile, some of those who believe they are in the running attempt to curry favour in the hope that they might be anointed the successor.
Viewers of the fictional TV series Succession will be familiar with the quandary faced by Logan Roy, as he looked to cede control of his
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