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Fortune
Paolo Confino

Trump wants lower interest rates to ‘counteract’ the inflation from his own tariff policies

President Donald Trump (Credit: Win McNamee—Getty Images)
  • President Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates as a countermeasure to the expected economic slowdown and rising inflation from tariffs. However, widespread uncertainty is only making it harder for the Fed to put an end to its current holding pattern on rate cuts. 

President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are at odds.

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