A $2.5 billion Federal Reserve renovation will get a probing today when a group of Trump allies makes a visit after weeks of mounting criticisms, one of numerous pressure points being applied to Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has asked the U.S. central bank's inspector general to review the costs involved in the renovation of its historic headquarters in Washington,

Trump sharpened his attacks on Powell, after a spate of name-calling and public expression of his desire for the Fed Chair to resign.