WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump is once again putting public pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling for interest rate cuts amid signs of a cooling labor market. But while rate cuts have been projected for months, the Fed hasn’t moved since December of 2024, and Powell doesn’t seem ready to cave just yet.

A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the United States is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as Trump has said. It is usually a crisis response to an economy in serious trouble.

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on the Federal Reserve to lower the federal benchmark interest rate by at least 3 percentage points, renewing his call for the U.S. central bank to lower rates to help reduce the cost to service the nation's debt.

President Trump has relentlessly criticized Fed Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates. Tuesday night, he privately floated firing Powell. Nancy Cordes reports.

President Donald Trump sent the U.S. stock market on a jagged round trip Wednesday after saying he had “talked about the concept of firing” the head of the Federal Reserve. Such a move could help Wall Street get the lower interest rates it loves but would also risk a weakened Fed unable

Donald Trump's call for the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates to 1% to ease government borrowing costs faces strong opposition. Economists warn this drastic cut risks inflaming inflation expectations,

U.S. stocks are shaky after President Donald Trump said he had talked about the concept of firing the head of the Federal Reserve.

As a 2024 presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to reduce the corporate tax rate from 21% — the rate set by Trump's 2017 tax law — to 15% for companies that make their products in America. His signature tax legislation, which he signed July 4, doesn't do that.