Stephen Miran has taken leave from his role as head of President Donald Trump's Council of Economic Advisers to serve on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Alex Brandon/AP Washington —

The Federal Reserve’s newest policymaker has an unconventional perspective on the US economy that’s proving tough to sell.

In September, President Donald Trump appointed Stephen Miran, one of his top economic advisers, to temporarily fill a vacated seat on the Fed’s powerful Board of Governors. So far, Miran has participated in two Fed meetings — and broken ranks with the vast majority of Fed officials each time.

At the central bank’s October policy meeting, Miran dissented from Fed officials’ decision to lower interest rates by a quarter point , backing a larger, half-point cut instead, j

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