Trump, interest rates and Fed
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Good morning. The Federal Reserve raises rates to curb inflation, defying Donald Trump’s call for lower borrowing costs. OpenAI shares incidents of its AI models misbehaving. And European chips may be at risk from a bad potato crop. Listen to the day’s top stories.
President Trump reacted to Wednesday's interest rate increase by saying rates "in the United States should be 1%, or less."
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh declined to talk about how he might explain the central bank's rate increase to President Trump, who feuded with previous Fed Chair Jerome Powell over Trump's demands for lower borrowing costs.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is likely to come out of Wednesday's policy decision bruised one way or another. If he stands pat,
Hassett: White House Will '100% Support' Warsh for Whatever Rate Decision
Bitcoin (BTC) price could post volatile moves ahead of a potential rate hike during the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on September 15-16.