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Summary

Donald Trump criticized the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, after the central bank kept interest rates unchanged at 4.25%-4.5%.

Trump blamed the Fed for inflation and urged rate cuts to ease borrowing costs.

Powell defended the decision, citing economic uncertainty and reaffirming the Fed’s independence.

Trump's economic plans, including tariffs and tax cuts, have raised inflation concerns.

Powell also addressed political pressure, including an order to cancel diversity programs and the Fed’s withdrawal from a climate-focused group, insisting decisions were not politically motivated.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

blamed the Fed for inflation

urged rate cuts

🤔

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Nobody has accused him of being intelligent.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

He had smol ppl energy in 2018 when he should have raised rates and caved to the orange man. Reinflated what was already an asset bubble that was shrinking, then Covid happened and he had to lower already low rates. JPOW caving to Trump is a huge part of the inflation we have now. I'm sure he'll go out on his sword, but he should have done that in 2018.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It would be hilarious if Drunpf ends the fed in a fit.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would that be hilarious? Because we would get to see morons like you learn in real time why it's necessary?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not american. It would be hilarious because it's one of the institutions that made his rise to power possible.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Haha it would be soooo funny to crash the global economy you are right. Totally a lol moment for you and your loved ones!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Doubt this would crash the global economy. The US dollar would lose value relative to other currencies, and this would have a global impact, but Americans would be hit the hardest. The average American family would have to stop buying eggs, for example.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This would hurt any country that holds large amounts of US debt like Japan and China.

You clearly do not understand how interconnected the global economy is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

How interconnected it was. It seems to be China and the US are pulling away from each other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You named two countries. It would certainly have a global impact bit the USians would be hit hardest by far.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

It'll hurt the right people

And you're the problem with the world right now. People like you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s the idea. How else is the USA going to pay off 33 Trillion dollars of debt?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Hyperinflation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The average American family would have to stop buying eggs, for example.

Bird flu is taking care of that already

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If he did this and muscled lower rates through then the value of the US dollar would plummet and cost of living would become even more disastrous. This is how you put the US on the same path as Argentina and Turkey.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Yeah, and? What matters is owning the libs.

[–] Soulg -1 points 1 week ago

Yeah and he would say that it's Bidens fault and his supporters would believe him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I hope they don't cave to this dumbass. This idiot could not even profit from a casino, FFS, and no one should be following his "lead" on economics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Soooo how well does jewelery sell at pawn shops?