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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Almeida

Fed chair says Trump tariffs could make inflation worse as US stocks slide further

US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks in Chicago, on 16 April.
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks in Chicago, on 16 April. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczyński/AFP/Getty Images

The US Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, warned Donald Trump’s tariffs were generating a “challenging scenario” for the central bank and were likely to worsen inflation.

Powell’s comments on Wednesday came US stock markets had already been rattled by a new trade restriction on the chip designer Nvidia. The sell-off picked up as Powell spoke to The Economic Club of Chicago.

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