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Bessent urges Fed to slash rates next month

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushes back on claims he’s pressuring the Fed to slash rates

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarifies he's not directing the Fed after suggesting neutral interest rates should be 150 basis points below current levels.

UPI · 18h

Treasury Secretary Bessent wants the Fed to lower its lending rate

The current Federal Reserve interest rate is significantly higher than necessary and should be lowered, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday.

This Is Money on MSN · 7h

Bessent ups pressure on Fed to slash interest rates

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent fuelled US rate cut hopes yesterday as he piled pressure on the Federal Reserve to act.

Trump Threatens Lawsuit Against Fed Chair Powell

MarketWatch on MSN · 2d

Trump’s latest attack on Powell involves ‘major lawsuit’ over Fed building. Why it’s unlikely to succeed.

Trump has been on a sustained pressure campaign against Powell to lower interest rates, and his latest statement comes following the release of consumer-price data for July. U.S.

Yahoo · 1d

Trump Demands Emergency Fed Rate Cut and Threatens ‘Major Lawsuit’ Against Chair Powell

President Donald Trump has threatened a "major lawsuit" against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, while once again calling for an immediate cut to interest rates following muted inflation data. "Jerome 'Too Late' Powell must NOW lower the rate,

Benzinga - Video on MSN · 20h

Trump Threatens Powell With Lawsuit Over Fed HQ Renovations, Renews Call For Rate Cuts

Trump on Tuesday threatened to allow a “major lawsuit” against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the cost of renovations at the Fed’s Washington, D.C., headquarters, according to CNBC. He renewed personal attacks on Powell on Truth Social,

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Fed expected to stick with regular-sized rate cut after hot inflation data

A jump in U.S. wholesale prices last month looks to have all but erased the possibility that the Federal Reserve will deliver ...

1hon MSN

The Case for Interest-Rate Cuts Is Weak. But Trump Is Still Likely to Get Them.

Growth, inflation and jobs data don’t signal rates cuts. Yet the odds of a quarter-point September cut are at just under 100% ...

19hon MSN

Is the Fed ready to cut interest rates? Experts weigh in

Futures markets are also expecting a rate cut. Investors peg the chances of a quarter-point interest rate cut at nearly 96%, ...

Fed rate cuts might not stimulate the economy very much: DataTrek

President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have been pushing for aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts. But ...

Fed’s Musalem Says Too Early to Make a Call on September Rate

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem said it’s too early for him to decide on whether to lower ...

Bessent Says Interest Rates Should Fall by at Least 1.5 Percentage Points Over Time

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said interest rates should be substantially lower than they are now, and he believes there ...

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Fed's Daly says 50 basis point rate cut next month doesn't seem warranted, WSJ reports

San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly has pushed back against the need for an interest rate cut of 50 basis ...

Get the Facts: How the Fed's interest rates impact your money

The Fed is hesitant to change interest rates largely due to one factor uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariffs. The ...

Exclusive: Fed's Daly Says Jumbo Rate Cut Next Month Doesn’t Seem Warranted

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly pushed back against the need for an interest-rate cut of a half percentage point, or 50 ...

US Treasuries Fall as Traders Pare Fed Rate-Cut Bets After PPI

Treasuries moved lower after a reading of inflation at the production level came in stronger than expected, prompting traders ...

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