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Trump keeps insisting on lower rates. But his own policies are making that tough for the Fed.
The president's erratic trade strategy means a double whammy for his agenda: the Fed doesn't want to lower rates and prices ...
How Trump’s attacks on the Fed could sabotage the US economy
The Fed and the president are supposed to act independently so that the country’s macroeconomic policy can be insulated ...
Trump Rages at ‘FOOL’ Fed Chair for Defying His Demands
President Donald Trump attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as a “FOOL” on Thursday after the central bank chose not ...
Will the Fed step in if America’s labor market cracks from Trump’s tariffs?
President Donald Trump’s volatile trade war threatens both higher inflation and rising unemployment, forcing the Federal Reserve to make the difficult choice of addressing just one of those problems ...
Trump is desperate for a boost from the Fed. Here are 2 reasons the bank's hands may be tied.
The Fed is dealing with competing macroeconomic forces that could tie its hands and leave Powell and the central bank behind ...