Trump Calls For Lower Interest Rates To Go 'hand-in-hand' With Tariffs: 'lets Rock And Roll, America'
Published February 12, 2025 9:05am EST
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called out the Federal Reserve, saying the central bank should lower interest rates.
"Interest Rates should be lowered, something which would go hand in hand with upcoming Tariffs!!!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "Lets Rock and Roll, America!!!"
The president’s comments come a day after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said on Capitol Hill that the central bank doesn’t need to "hurry" to lower interest rates.
"We do not need to be in a hurry to adjust our policy stance," Powell testified before the Senate Banking Committee. "We know that reducing policy restraint too fast or too much could hinder progress on inflation. At the same time, reducing policy restraint too slowly or too little could unduly weaken economic activity and employment."
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 11, saying that the central bank does "not need to be in a hurry to adjust our policy stance." (Mandel Ngan/AFP via / Getty Images)
Fed officials, at their most recent meeting in January, held the benchmark federal funds rate steady at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.
It follows three consecutive interest rate cuts at the central bank's most recent meetings – including a 50-basis-point cut in September as well as a pair of 25-basis-point reductions in November and December.
