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President Richard Nixon famously leaned on Fed Chair Arthur Burns to keep interest rates low going into the 1972 presidential ...

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As long as the economy is in solid shape, we think the prudent thing to do is to wait and see what those effects might be." ...

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Trump has ramped up pressure on Fed Chair Powell to cut rates. There's one big reason it probably won't work.

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Donald Trump has said he will only pick a new Federal Reserve chair who will cut US interest rates, as he called on the central bank to slash borrowing costs to 1 per cent.

The Journal report indicated that Trump is considering naming the successor sooner than expected in an attempt to influence interest rate policy.

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