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World Business Report, Fed keeps interest rates unchanged despite Donald Trump pressure

World Business Report

Fed keeps interest rates unchanged despite Donald Trump pressure

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May 7, 2025

27 minutes

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The Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said America's central bank would leave its key interest rate unchanged because of tariff 'uncertainty'. We hear from Gary Schlossberg, a global strategist for Wells Fargo Investment Institute and a former researcher at US Treasury and Federal Reserve.

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