Trump accuses Powell of keeping interest rates "artificially high"

What they're saying: "We have a bad Fed chairman, but other than that ... it doesn't even matter, the numbers are so good it doesn't matter that he keeps the rates artificially high," Trump said on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."

• "We should be at 1% or 2%," Trump added later in the interview. (The current target rate is a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.)
• He also once again criticized Powell personally as a "stupid person" and a "bad person."

Catch up quick: On Friday afternoon, Trump told reporters he would not appoint anyone to be the new Fed chair unless they would immediately cut interest rates, the clearest signal yet that the White House intends to exert more control over monetary policy next year.

• Hours earlier, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that the administration could nominate a replacement for Powell as soon as October, even though his term as chair runs through next May.

• Officials have floated the idea of a "shadow" Fed chair before, raising the prospect that the market may have to take very conflicting cues from two different officials at the same time.

The intrigue: Trump said he had three names in mind for the next chair, but declined to say whom.

• Asked specifically about former Fed governor Kevin Warsh, Trump said, "Kevin is very talented, but I don't know that it's going to be him. But he's a very talented guy. He wouldn't be doing what Powell is."