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Today on the Playbook podcast, it's finally Fed Chair Decision Day.

Trump is set to announce his pick for who will lead the central bank.

Trump is also ratcheting up his tariff threats.

And in Capitol Hill, we've got a shutdown deal, sort of.

Hello, I'm Adam Wren.

And I'm Megan Messerly.

It's Friday, January 30th.

The first story driving Washington's conversation today and that of Wall Street also is the

impending announcement of a new Fed chair.

Megan Trump told reporters last night at nowhere else other than the premiere of Melania,

the documentary about the First Lady, that he'll make his pick for chair of the Federal

Reserve today.

That's the person who will, of course,

replace Jerome Powell, who the president has been at odds with when his term ends in May.

For those of you have been following this one for a while, it's been quite a saga. The Trump Powell relationship has been soured and has really tested the confidence of the markets

and the independence of the

central bank. Megan, we've got a short list of finalists to take over for Powell. Names that are in the

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