**[List of Five Final Candidates for the New Federal Reserve Chair Released]** BlockBeats News, October 27: U.S. Treasury Secretary Besent confirmed on Monday that the list of five final candidates to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Powell has been released, and stated that Trump is expected to make a decision by the end of the year. Besent told reporters aboard "Air Force One" on Monday that the candidate pool has been narrowed down to current Federal Reserve Governors Waller and Bowman, former Federal Reserve Governor Walsh, White House National Economic Council Director Hassett, and BlackRock executive Reed. Besent, who is in charge of interviews for the position, reiterated that he plans to conduct a new round of interviews and hopes to submit an "excellent list of candidates" to Trump after the Thanksgiving holiday. Trump himself also told reporters that he expects to make a decision on the nominee by the end of the year. (Jin10)