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President Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates by three percentage points, a massive cut that could push borrowing costs back to pandemic lows. With two seats at the Fed likely opening up soon,
Governor Christopher Waller's comments come as tensions between Fed Chair Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump have reached a boiling point in recent days.
President Donald Trump accused the Federal Reserve under Chairman Jerome Powell of "choking out the housing market" in his latest attack on the central bank's decision-making.
President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates.
President Donald Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl Act, which aims to combat the fentanyl crisis into law, during an event in the East Room of the White House. Trump was accompanied by various lawmakers and family members who have lost loved ones to the epidemic.
The case for a U.S. interest rate cut remains unresolved as Federal Reserve officials head into their policy meeting later this month, with data showing fresh signs of higher inflation and President Donald Trump intensifying his demands for lower borrowing costs.
The Federal Reserve is an independent organization, meant to be insulated from politics, and the Supreme Court suggested this year that President Donald Trump would need a reason, or cause, to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
President Trump will sign into law a new set of regulations for a type of cryptocurrency that are seen as a way to legitimize the industry.
Donald Trump blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for appointing a 'terrible' Federal Reserve chair. Except Biden wasn't the president who handed Jerome Powell the job — Trump was