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Will President Trump fire (or request and accept the resignation of) Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve?

10%chance

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The community gave this a 10% chance, and it resolved No.

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Opened:

Dec 24, 2018

Closes:

Mar 1, 2019

Resolved:

Jan 20, 2021

Spot Scoring Time:

Dec 25, 2018

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