Trump demands 1% or lower interest rate after first Fed hike since 2023
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump demanded the Federal Reserve slash interest rates to 1% "or less," hours after the central bank announced its first rate hike since 2023.
- The Federal Reserve announced the rate hike to combat rising inflation driven by the war in Iran, marking the first such increase in over three years.
- Trump argued on Truth Social that rates should be 1% because the United States is the "Best Credit in the World," claiming stopping trade with deficit nations would generate $1.5 Trillion Dollars annually.
- Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, nominated by Trump this year, refused to discuss private conversations with the president when addressing reporters after the announcement.
- Trump insisted the Federal Reserve "LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES" quickly, asserting the nation is "carrying" almost every country in the world and this arrangement cannot continue.
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The US's interest rate should be 1% or less, because the US – the world's best creditor – stated American leader Donald Trump in response to the Fed's increase in the base rate. "The US has the most reliable credit rating in the world (with a huge margin); our economy is growing rapidly thanks to new investment! If we stopped trading with all the countries with which we have a trade deficit (and this is the majority of countries), we would have …
“Interest rates in the US should be at 1% or less,” Trump argues in a post on Truth Social, calling for their reduction, and “quickly.” The post Trump calls for a reduction in interest rates, and “quickly” in the wake of their increase by the Fed appeared first on in.gr.
Trump demands interest rates be lowered and "fast".
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