Sarah Wolak is a mortgage reporter at HousingWire. Previously, she was a writer at National Mortgage Professional, where she produced podcasts, anchored news segments, and contributed to several trade publications. Her work has also appeared in Modern Luxury, Voice of America, and The Day Publishing Company. see full bio

The president has been angry with Powell over the U.S. central bank's hesitance to succumb to his demand for lowering interest rates.

As President Donald Trump and his advisers begin weighing replacements for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, they’re running into one significant complication: It’s not clear that Powell will leave the US central bank next year.