Trump Signals He’ll Announce Fed Chair Pick ‘A Little Bit Early’

President Donald Trump said he may name the next Federal Reserve chair “a little bit early” and added that he was down to three or four potential candidates as he looks for a successor to Jerome Powell.

“I’ll be naming a new chairman sometime within the next — I think I’ll name it a little bit early, the new chairman. I’m down to three or four names,” Trump said Wednesday during an event at the Kennedy Center in Washington, describing the contenders as “all good, all great.”

Trump has hammered Powell over the central bank’s decision to hold interest ...