New Delhi, April 30 -- US President Donald Trump lashed out at Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell Wednesday after the central bank head said he would stay on as a governor.

"Jerome 'Too Late' Powell wants to stay at the Fed because he can't get a job anywhere else - Nobody wants him," Trump said on his Truth Social network.

Earlier, in what will be his last press conference as Fed chair, Jerome Powell said he intends to remain at the central bank as a member of its Board of Governors. He said Justice Department officials had assured him over the weekend they wouldn't restart a controversial criminal investigation into the central bank unless the Fed's internal watchdog recommended that.

Still, he noted, the US Attorney for the Distric...