Trump ramps up pressure on Powell to cut interest rates during visit to Federal Reserve

From PBS NewsHour.

President Trump continued to dial up the pressure on Jerome Powell during a visit to the Fed. The president’s public remarks and personal insults about Powell are a major departure from past presidents, and his approach has sparked questions about whether the Fed’s independence could be undermined in the months ahead. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Julia Coronado of Macro Policy Perspectives.

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