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Trump Threatens Trade Cutoff if Federal Reserve Does Not Slash Interest Rates

Donald Trump has pressured the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, threatening to halt trade with countries running trade deficits with the US if his demands are not met.

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Key moments · 4

Trump warns Fed to lower rates or risk trade cutoff

CNBC ↗

Trump cites jobs report and inflation in rate demand

Top World News- News18.com ↗

Trump urges Fed board to 'be patriots'

Bloomberg ↗

Economists criticize Trump's conflation of rates and trade

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16 articles

  1. Trump threatens trade war if rates aren’t cut after strong jobs report
    The Hill
  2. Trump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates
    The New York Times
  3. Trump threatens to stop trade with other countries if the US doesn’t lower its own interest rates
    The Independent
  4. Trump demands the Fed lower interest rates after a blowout August jobs report
    Tech Insider
  5. 'Cut rates or I'll halt trade with countries US has deficit with': Trump threatens Fed
    Times of India