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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 ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he didn't major in economics because he saw it as 'boring and useless'
Jerome Powell told Princeton's graduates on Sunday of his uncertain future after his own graduation: "I had no real plan for ...
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 ...