**[Federal Reserve Power Transition Faces Turbulence: Powell's Temporary Chairmanship Questioned Internally]** Golden Finance reports on May 17, citing the Financial Times, that two Federal Reserve officials nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump have opposed allowing Jerome Powell to serve as the Federal Reserve's interim chairman "without a time limit." This highlights the growing political divisions within the central bank amid ongoing attacks on the Fed from the White House. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's second term ends this Friday. Before the official successor, Waller, completes the inauguration process, Powell has been appointed as interim chairman to carry out duties. In a joint statement, Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller, who were nominated to the Federal Reserve Board by Trump, expressed their support for Powell temporarily serving as interim chairman. However, they stated that they "cannot support this action" due to the "indefinite nature" of the arrangement. In the vote, Waller cast a dissenting vote, while Bowman abstained. In their statement, Waller and Bowman emphasized that Powell's interim chairmanship "should be limited to a clear and finite timeframe, at least one week," though they noted they "could support a term of up to one month." (Jin10)