Trump has expanded his Fed chair search from three finalists to about ten candidates

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Donald Trump has decided that three finalists for the next Federal Reserve chair aren’t enough. Senior administration officials say the search has been widened to about ten possible choices. The fresh additions include former St. Louis Fed president James Bullard and longtime economic consultant Marc Sumerlin. They join a list that already had National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett, Fed governor Christopher Waller, and former Fed governor Kevin Warsh. Trump has put Treasury Secretary S...