Trump wants the Fed to lower rates like the ECB but overlooks one (or two, or three) important things
President Trump has made no secret of his dislike for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, repeatedly using sharp, disparaging nicknames such as “Mr. Too Late,” “Numbskull,” and “Knucklehead,” and even branding him “grossly incompetent.” His irritation stems from the Fed’s refusal to heed his calls for US interest rates to be cut to euro-area levels. Yet Trump overlooks a crucial point: US rates have long been higher than those in the euro area because of fundamentally diffe...| Rangvid’s Blog
