Trump pressures US central bank to cut interest rates
Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Donald Trump says high US interest rates are harming the country and is urging the central bank to cut them.
- He has also threatened to end trade with countries where the United States runs a trade deficit if rates are not reduced.
US President Donald Trump is publicly pressing the country’s central bank to lower interest rates, saying current rates are damaging the United States.
Trump has also threatened to halt trade with countries where the United States runs a deficit. The United States buys more from those countries than it sells to them.
He said he could take that action if interest rates are not reduced.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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