Trump says will decide on Federal Reserve chair 'very shortly'

[October 23, 2017]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he would make his choice to lead the Federal Reserve soon and was still weighing at least three people: Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell, Stanford University economist John Taylor and current Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell attends a conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

"I will make my decision very shortly, pretty shortly," he told Fox Business Network in an interview that aired on Monday.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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