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Trump, Fed and interest rates

Black unemployment under Trump reaches its highest rate since the pandemic. Here’s what it could mean

Black workers are often last hired, first fired,” said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation. The

Reuters on MSN · 3d

Path to the Fed rate cuts Trump wants may involve higher unemployment

President Donald Trump may see lower Federal Reserve interest rates as a fix for two politically potent problems, the cost of servicing $36 trillion in government debt and the high cost of home ownership,

U.S. News & World Report · 3d

Trump: Fed Board Should Assume Control if Powell Won't Lower Interest Rates

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the Federal Reserve board should assume control if Fed Chair Jerome Powell continues to refuse to lower interest rates. "Jerome 'Too Late' Powell, a stubborn MORON,

Trump, Bureau of Labor Statistics and jobs report

Yahoo · 3h

Trump axes Labor Statistics chief after his poor jobs report: ‘I believe the numbers were phony ... so I fired her’

President Donald Trump fired the chief labor statistician after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report showing that the economy added only 73,000 jobs in July.

CNN on MSN · 6h

Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Trump fires head of labor statistics bureau after weak jobs report: Recap

An anemic July jobs report boosted expectations the Federal Reserve might lower interest rates in September. Trump said the jobs report was "rigged."

Trump, economic

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Vox on MSN · 1h

Turns out the Trump economy is not doing so well after all

According to those new figures, employers are pulling back on hiring to a dramatic (and unexpected) degree, economic growth is slowing, and consumer prices are rising. And there are strong indications that Trump’s trade and immigration policies are driving all of these trends.

Politico · 19h

Playbook: It’s Trump’s economy now

On Wednesday, new GDP numbers showed that in the first half of the year, the economy grew at an annual rate of less than 1.3 percent. On Thursday, new inflation numbers showed that the personal consumption expenditures price index jumped by 2.

Las Vegas Sun · 1d

It's Trump's economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs

For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.

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Maybe now Nevada’s stubbornly high unemployment rate will finally go down (except not really)

Nevada has had either the highest or one of the highest unemployment rates in the U.S. over most of the 21st century. In the ...

20d

Why Trump's push for a 1% Fed policy rate could spell trouble for US economy

A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the U.S. is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as ...

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Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’

Kevin Hassett pointed to the scale of hiring data revisions when asked for evidence to support Trump’s claims that a jobs report was rigged to make him look bad.

President Donald Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed ...

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Fed holds rates steady despite Trump's pressure, with two governors dissenting

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in a split decision that gave little indication of when borrowing ...

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