US President Donald Trump is looking at an executive order at the White House Oval Office in Washington, the United States, January 31, 2025.
Carlos Baria Reuters
president Donald Trump He agreed with the federal reserve for his decision last week to leave interest rates unchanged, and it is an early axis of his previous demands to reduce the central bank immediately. “
In an exchange with correspondents on Sunday, Trump said Main borrowing level holding Within the limits of 4.25 % -4.5 %, the correct step was to study the federal reserve.
“I am not surprised,” he said about the decision, according to multiple reports. “Keeping the rates at this stage was the right thing to do.”
Stop the statement in a blatant contradiction To one Trump delivery When talking about a distance to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. On the emergence of January 23, Trump said he “will demand interest rates immediately.”
The president has no direct authority over the Federal Reserve, although he nominates the president as well as other members of the Board of Directors. Current President Jerome Powell is Trump's candidate, and a frequent goal of the president's criticism.
The markets do not expect the markets to lower the prices to the low price to at least June. At his press conference after preparation last Wednesday, Powell repeatedly confirmed that Fed does not need to be in “Hurry” To reduce further after shaved a full percentage, from the FBI's rate of funds from September to December in 2024.
Decisions at the Federal Reserve will be more complicated after Trump said on Saturday that he would impose an aggressive tariff against Canada, Mexico and China, the three largest American commercial partners. Economists worry that the customs tariff will increase prices at a time when inflation showed signs of mitigation.
