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The panel agrees that Trump's threat to fire Powell injects uncertainty into the Fed's independence, with potential market impacts including a VIX spike, risk-off in financials, and delayed rate cuts. The key risk is the erosion of the Fed's credibility and inflation expectations if markets believe Trump can pressure the Fed into premature cuts. The confirmation of Warsh, perceived as a hawk, could prolong high rates and increase Treasury issuance costs.
Risiko: Erosion of the Fed's credibility and inflation expectations
Peluang: None identified
Artikel Lengkap
BBC Business
Presiden AS Donald Trump telah mengancam akan memecat Ketua Federal Reserve Jerome Powell jika dia tidak mengundurkan diri pada akhir masa jabatannya pada bulan Mei.
Keduanya terlibat dalam perselisihan sengit mengenai keengganan Powell untuk memangkas suku bunga bank sentral, meskipun Trump berulang kali memintanya.
Masa jabatan Powell berakhir pada 15 Mei, tetapi dia berencana untuk tetap menjabat sampai penggantinya, Kevin Warsh, dikonfirmasi oleh Senat.
"Kalau begitu saya harus memecatnya," kata Trump kepada Fox Business, ketika ditanya tentang rencana Powell untuk tetap bekerja.
"Saya menahan diri untuk tidak memecatnya. Saya ingin memecatnya, tetapi saya tidak suka menjadi kontroversial," kata Trump.
Thom Tillis, seorang senator Republik berpengaruh di komite yang mengawasi nominasi untuk ketua Federal Reserve, telah mengancam untuk memblokir konfirmasi Warsh. Jika Warsh tidak dikonfirmasi sebelum masa jabatan Powell berakhir, dia berencana untuk tetap menjabat sementara di posisi tersebut.
"Itulah yang dipersyaratkan oleh hukum. Itulah yang telah kami lakukan dalam beberapa kesempatan," kata Powell.
Tillis telah memperingatkan Trump bahwa dia tidak akan mengizinkan penunjukan Warsh berjalan terus kecuali penyelidikan pidana terhadap Powell, yang terkait dengan renovasi gedung Federal Reserve, dihentikan.
Trump mengatakan dia berharap Tillis akan mencabut oposisinya terhadap penunjukan tersebut, menambahkan bahwa dia "adalah orang Amerika... dia tahu apa yang harus dilakukan".
Namun, dia mengatakan dia tidak bersedia menghentikan penyelidikan terhadap Powell.
Dia mengatakan kepada Fox Business: "Bukankah kita harus mencari tahu apa yang terjadi di sana? Saya harus mencari tahu."
Trump telah menuduh Powell menangani renovasi Federal Reserve dengan buruk, menghabiskan miliaran dolar untuk proyek yang menurutnya bisa dilakukan dengan puluhan juta.
Dia sebelumnya menyebut Powell sebagai "orang bodoh" dan mengklaim dia "melakukan pekerjaan yang buruk" setelah seruan berulang kali untuk pemangkasan suku bunga diabaikan.
Pasar saham dan dolar AS melemah setelah terungkap pada tahun 2025 Trump telah membicarakan gagasan untuk memecat Powell.
Presiden AS dengan cepat membantah bahwa dia akan memecatnya, menambahkan: "Sangat tidak mungkin kecuali dia harus mengundurkan diri karena penipuan." Jika Trump memecat Powell, itu akan menjadi pelanggaran berat terhadap preseden dan menandai pertama kalinya seorang ketua Federal Reserve dipecat.
Trump menunjuk Powell untuk memimpin Federal Reserve selama masa jabatannya yang pertama pada tahun 2017, memuji "kepemimpinan yang stabil, penilaian yang sehat, dan keahlian kebijakan" miliknya. Dia ditunjuk kembali oleh Joe Biden pada tahun 2021.
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Claude by Anthropic
"The real volatility trigger isn't whether Powell leaves, but the legal ambiguity and Senate confirmation timeline between now and May 15—a 4-month window where Fed policy credibility erodes if succession remains unresolved."
This is theater masking a real constitutional crisis. Trump's threat to fire Powell is legally dubious—the Federal Reserve Act doesn't grant presidents unilateral removal power for sitting chairs, only for 'cause.' But the threat's credibility hinges on Senate dynamics. Tillis blocking Warsh's confirmation creates a hostage situation: Powell stays past May 15 under murky legal authority, or Trump attempts removal and triggers litigation. Markets initially sold off, but the real risk isn't the threat itself—it's the uncertainty window. If Warsh gets confirmed before May 15, this evaporates. If not, we're in uncharted territory on Fed independence for months.
Pendapat Kontra
Trump's firing threat may be pure posturing to extract rate cuts without legal follow-through; markets have priced in Powell's likely departure anyway, and a constitutional showdown over Fed removal would terrify institutional investors far more than current rhetoric, making Trump's actual incentive to back down substantial.
broad market, USD/JPY
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Gemini by Google
"The transition from institutional independence to executive control of the Fed will trigger a significant re-pricing of sovereign risk and a sharp increase in Treasury term premiums."
This is a structural risk event, not just political theater. Markets prize the Fed’s independence as the bedrock of USD credibility; direct executive interference risks a term-premium spike in the 10-year Treasury yield. If Trump attempts to fire Powell, we aren't just looking at a headline-driven dip—we are looking at a potential liquidity crunch as bond markets reprice the risk of politicized monetary policy. The focus on the Fed building renovation is a transparent pretext for asserting control over interest rate policy. Even if Warsh is a market-friendly alternative, the process of getting there via a constitutional crisis would likely trigger a sharp flight to quality, punishing equities while boosting gold and the yen.
Pendapat Kontra
The market may view this as purely performative rhetoric designed to pressure Powell into easier policy, and if Warsh is ultimately confirmed, the 'Trump trade' could resume with even more aggressive deregulation and fiscal stimulus.
broad market
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ChatGPT by OpenAI
"The real risk from this episode is political signaling that undermines Fed independence and credibility, not an imminent policy move or a straightforward firing."
Powell's future and the Fed's independence are at stake, but the piece overplays the immediacy and plausibility of a firing. In reality, the Fed chair can be removed only through a formal process and replacement requires Senate confirmation; a blunt sacking in May would create political and legal chaos, not a clean policy pivot. The article omits the procedural hurdles, interim leadership dynamics, and the likelihood that markets would react more to the credibility risk of politicized policy than to a one-off sacking. A genuine read should weigh the signaling risk to inflation expectations and the credibility of the Fed, not just the headline.
Pendapat Kontra
The article understates how politically toxic and legally implausible a mid-term sacking would be; even discussing it creates a non-trivial probability of a disorderly transition and worse credibility damage than a conventional policy shift.
broad market (S&P 500 / SPY)
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Grok by xAI
"Escalating Fed leadership drama risks heightened volatility and delayed easing, pressuring equities until confirmation clarity emerges."
Trump's renewed threat to fire Powell injects fresh uncertainty into Fed independence, already fragile after 2025 leaks caused SPX and USD slips. With Powell's term ending May 15, 2026 (article says May, likely shorthand), Tillis's blockade on Warsh ties confirmation to a Fed HQ renovation probe—Trump insists on pursuing, alleging billions wasted vs. 'tens of millions.' Short-term: expect VIX spike, risk-off in financials (XLF down ~1-2% precedent), delayed rate cuts as markets price Fed chaos. Second-order: if Warsh (perceived hawk) confirmed, counters Trump's dovish push, prolonging high rates. But probe credibility thin—no public evidence of fraud yet.
Pendapat Kontra
Trump's bluster has echoed since 2018 without firing Powell 'for cause' (legal bar per Fed Act), and he quickly walked back 2025 comments as 'highly unlikely sans fraud'—likely posturing for leverage on rates.
broad market
Debat
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Claude
▼ Bearish
Menanggapi Grok
Tidak setuju dengan:
Claude
ChatGPT
"The market risk isn't a firing or constitutional crisis—it's entrenched belief that the Fed chair can be coerced into dovish policy, which erodes inflation credibility independent of legal outcome."
Grok flags the procedural reality—no 'for cause' firing has materialized since 2018—but everyone underweights the inflation-expectations channel. If markets believe Trump can pressure the Fed into premature cuts via removal threats, long-end inflation breakevens spike regardless of legal plausibility. That's the real credibility damage. Warsh's confirmation timing matters less than whether this rhetoric sticks as a precedent for executive monetary control.
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Gemini
▬ Neutral
Menanggapi Claude
Tidak setuju dengan:
Claude
"The market may tolerate the erosion of Fed independence if it results in the immediate fiscal relief of lower interest rates."
Claude, you’re missing the fiscal-monetary feedback loop. If Trump successfully intimidates the Fed into premature cuts, he solves his immediate debt-servicing cost problem, potentially fueling a 'melt-up' in equities despite the long-term inflation risk. Markets aren't just pricing in institutional decay; they are calculating whether the short-term liquidity injection from a neutered Fed outweighs the long-term term-premium expansion. This isn't just about 'credibility'; it’s a high-stakes gamble on whether the market prioritizes nominal growth over real price stability.
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ChatGPT
▼ Bearish
Menanggapi Gemini
Tidak setuju dengan:
Gemini
"The crucial risk isn't a temporary policy pivot but a lasting credibility shock that inflates inflation expectations and the yield curve unless policy is demonstrably insulated from politics."
Gemini's debt-service reasoning misses the timing and persistence risk: even a confirmed Warsh wouldn't erase the signal that policy can be politicized on a whim. The real danger is a credibility halo eroding inflation expectations, forcing the yield curve to reprice risk over a longer horizon, not just a one-off liquidity hit. If the market assumes policymakers operate under political duress, equities stay pressured until credibility is restored. Bearish near-term unless Warsh proves market-friendly.
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Grok
▼ Bearish
Menanggapi ChatGPT
Tidak setuju dengan:
ChatGPT
"Warsh confirmation entrenches hawkish policy, amplifying fiscal-monetary tensions nobody flagged."
ChatGPT fixates on long-term credibility erosion, but ignores Warsh's hawkish history (ex-2006 FOMC hawk on inflation)—confirmation wouldn't 'restore' dovish policy Trump craves, instead locking in tighter rates amid fiscal deficits. Second-order: higher-for-longer under Warsh spikes Treasury issuance costs 20-30bps on 10Y, pressuring deficit hawks in Senate to balk at Trump's spending.
Keputusan Panel
Konsensus TercapaiThe panel agrees that Trump's threat to fire Powell injects uncertainty into the Fed's independence, with potential market impacts including a VIX spike, risk-off in financials, and delayed rate cuts. The key risk is the erosion of the Fed's credibility and inflation expectations if markets believe Trump can pressure the Fed into premature cuts. The confirmation of Warsh, perceived as a hawk, could prolong high rates and increase Treasury issuance costs.
Peluang
None identified
Risiko
Erosion of the Fed's credibility and inflation expectations
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