A White House spokeswoman had no immediate comment, and Mr. Cohn, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Warsh did not respond to requests for comment. A Fed spokeswoman said Ms. Yellen and Mr. Powell declined to comment. In addition to a Fed chairman, Mr. Trump also must fill four open seats on the seven-member board. In a July interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Trump described Mr. Cohn and Ms. Yellen as candidates for the Fed job. The next month, Mr. Cohn publicly criticized the president’s response to a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, creating tension.

Source: New York Times September 23, 2017 16:30 UTC