To an unprecedented degree, Donald Trump has lobbied his handpicked Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, to lower interest rates. The heavy-handed tactics, which have unfolded in recent months ...

To an unprecedented degree, Donald Trump has lobbied his handpicked Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, to lower interest rates. The heavy-handed tactics, which have unfolded in recent months ...

President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a “very good meeting” with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, suggesting that Powell may be open to lowering interest rates. "We had a very good ...

Trump sought to publicly shame Fed Chair Jerome Powell over the cost of renovating the central bank’s headquarters, suggesting that the cost was $3.1 billion instead of the $2.5 billion cited by ...

Trump has criticized Powell for months because the chair has kept the short-term interest rate the Fed controls at 4.3% this year after cutting it three times last year.

Trump nominated Powell as Fed chair in 2017. He was confirmed by the Senate in January 2018 for a four-year term, and again in 2022 after former President Joe Biden renominated him for the post.

President Trump said he believes that after talking to Powell, he will, quote, "do the right thing." And by that, Trump very clearly means a substantial drop in interest rates.

Behind Trump’s War With Powell: A Battering Ram With 3 Million Followers The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has made the removal of the Fed chair his personal mission.

The Fed chair could be seen immediately and rapidly shaking his head, making clear to those in attendance that Trump was citing a number that wasn’t true. “I’m not aware of that,” Powell ...

President Donald Trump is visiting the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, a week after indicating that Fed chair Jerome Powell’s handling of an extensive renovation project on two Fed ...