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Trump's call for interest rates to be slashed is 'totally unjustified': Strategist

Garry Evans of BCA Research explains why Trump's desire to slash interest rates is unlikely to come to fruition. He also ...

Why Trump’s Fed nominee may get the cold shoulder at the central bank

In MAGA world, Stephen Miran, the White House economist President Donald Trump nominated last week to the Federal Reserve’s ...

Why Investors Are Again Euphoric About Interest Rates

The S&P 500 is approaching a record on bets that Federal Reserve will lower borrowing costs despite uncertainty over President Trump’s trade war.

Trump threatens to sue ‘loser’ Jerome Powell — as SF Fed chief says interest rates finally may fall

Trump said that his next line of attack against “loser” Jerome Powell for refusing to lower interest rates could be a lawsuit over his $2.5 billion HQ renovation.

Trump threatens legal action against Powell over Fed HQ, demands immediate rate cuts as inflation holds steady

Trump returned to his sharp critiques of the Fed chair, saying "Jerome 'Too Late' Powell must NOW lower the rate" after the ...

Trump urgently wants Jerome Powell to cut interest rates. That won't happen today, economists say.

President Trump has pressured Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. Here's what the experts think will happen at ...

Bessent urges Fed to slash rates next month, with ideal goal ‘150, 175 basis points lower’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday urged central bankers to issue a half-point cut at next month’s meeting – breaking from his zipped-lip stance on the Fed’s monetary agenda. Bessent said ...

Donald Trump's interest rates wish comes closer to reality

Federal data shows that inflation held fairly steady in July, defying fears of a sharp tariff-driven spike in consumer prices and good news for President Donald Trump, who is pushing for the Federal ...