At the Fed's final meeting of the year, Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, and his colleagues signaled they would be sitting on the sidelines for some time.
Washington For the past year, President Donald Trump has repeatedly ping-ponged between claiming the"Economy is BOOMING," and blasting the Federal Reserve for not doing enough to support economic growth.
"Would be sooo great if the Fed would further lower interest rates and quantitative ease," Trump tweeted on Tuesday, less than a week after the US central bank signaled it would be hitting the pause button on any more rate cuts going forward."The Dollar is very strong against other currencies and there is almost no inflation. This is the time to do it.
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