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Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Will Add $2.4 Trillion in Debt, CBO Predicts—as President Again Calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell To Lower Rates
The president's budget proposal sits with the Senate, but whether it'll listen to the CBO's findings remains to be seen.
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Trump meets with Fed Chair Powell after criticism on interest rates
Under pressure from President Donald Trump to lower interest rates, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell met with the president at the White House, where Trump continued to press his case and ...
Powell defends Federal Reserve in Princeton speech amid onslaught of attacks from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the central bank’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Sunday in ...
Fed Chair Powell, Trump hold rare meeting at White House — here’s what was discussed
Trump has attacked Powell over the Fed’s decision to not lower interest rates, but recently said he has no intention of ...
Trump Pressures Fed’s Powell to Cut Rates ‘A Full Point’
President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by a full percentage point, intensifying his pressure ...
Trump pressures US Fed’s Powell to cut rates ‘a full point’
The US president has repeatedly called on the Fed to lower rates, but thus far has not said by how much.  Read more at ...
Powell taps DOJ inspector general as new watchdog for Fed, CFPB
Michael Horowitz previously won praise from Trump supporters for uncovering problems in the FBI’s handling of the ...
Fed policymakers flag inflation concerns, a view that argues against rate cuts
A pair of Federal Reserve policymakers signaled on Thursday that they believe higher inflation is for now a more pressing ...