President Donald Trump intensified pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, threatening to cut off trade with certain economies with which the US has a deficit if the central bank does not act. Trump issued his demands on Friday in a lengthy social media post after a stronger-than-expected August jobs report, which could bolster the case for Fed officials to raise rates at their next policy meeting starting September 15. In his post, the president exhorted his hand-picked Fed...
UPVOTERS
Community appreciation
See who found this content valuable and showed their support.
No upvotes yet.
Be the first to show your appreciation for this content.
TOPICS
Explore the same topics
Discover more content from the topics this post is mapped to.
Keep browsing
Explore more from this topic
Dive into the full feed of curated posts covering Automotive News & Trends.
Discussion
Break the silence
Take the opportunity to kick things off.