Trump: Presidents Should Have Some Say on Monetary Policy

Aug. 8, 2024, 7:18 PM UTC

Republican nominee Donald Trump says the president should have some say on monetary policy, in remarks at a Mar-A-Lago press conference.

  • Trump says Fed Chair Jerome Powell has been “a little bit too early and a little bit too late” on adjusting interest rates
    • “I think I have a better instinct than, in many cases, people that would be on the Federal Reserve or the chairman,” Trump says

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