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Trump steps up call for US rate cuts in talks with Fed chief
Trump steps up call for US rate cuts in talks with Fed chief
Economy
by  AFP

US President Donald Trump on Thursday stepped up the pressure on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, in their first sit-down since the Republican returned to the White House in January. Trump told Powell that he was "making a mistake by not lowering interest rates," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told a press briefing after the meeting.