President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite barometer of his success — the stock market — had been humming since his reelection. Business-friendly promises of deregulation and tax cuts got investors excited with anticipation of unlocked profit and easy money.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted Wednesday that the economic policies of President-elect Donald Trump are starting to become top of mind for the central bank.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday, that he has no immediate plans to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after getting elected in November, marking a notable shift in his stance toward the central bank leader ahead of a crucial Fed meeting.

Powell's more than six years as Fed chief have been consequential, but the coming months could present new challenges.

But the president-elect, who during his first term repeatedly threatened to replace Powell, claimed the board chair would resign "if I told him to."

As many economists know, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the US President-elect Donald J. Trump do not see eye to eye on practically everything. The political “indifference” is nothing short of pronounced;