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President Donald Trump intends to nominate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, according to people familiar with the matter.

While it is possible that the Federal Reserve’s hiking cycle is complete, but the more likely scenario is rates will go “a bit higher,” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday.

President Trump fired a fresh broadside at the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates last year, saying the economy is in good shape “despite the unnecessary and destructive actions” taken by the central bank.

With the Federal Reserve finished raising interest rates, some yield curve inversions would signal a coming recession, according to Brian Rehling of Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

The Federal Reserve should return to its pre-crisis corridor operating system, with a smaller balance sheet, former Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said.

More than a decade ago, then-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke dismissed the curve’s predictive powers after two of the most widely watched yield spreads inverted and then went flat.

Because Federal Reserve officials attempt to do too much with speeches and forward guidance, communications are confusing, according to economist Mickey Levy.

The Federal Reserve released the program for a June conference on the conduct of monetary policy that will be comprised of mostly academics.

President Trump blasted the central bank for “mistakenly’’ raising interest rates and for a “ridiculously timed’’ reduction in its balance sheet.

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow called on the Federal Reserve to “immediately” cut interest rates by a half percentage point.