Fed Governor Miran says he did not tell Trump how he would vote on rates this week

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Fed Governor Stephen Miran told CNBC on Friday that he spoke only briefly to President Trump before this week’s interest rate decision and was not pressured on how to vote.
Questions have arisen about potential conflicts for Miran taking a leave as head of the Council of Economic Advisers, rather than resigning. However, he called those concerns “a bit silly.”

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