Federal Reserve ‘Should Be Ashamed’ for Not Lowering Interest Rates, Trump Says

U.S. interest rates match those of Cameroon, Israel, and Guatemala.
Federal Reserve ‘Should Be Ashamed’ for Not Lowering Interest Rates, Trump Says
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on June 27, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters
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President Donald Trump said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues “should be ashamed” for not lowering interest rates.

Writing in a June 30 Truth Social post, Trump inserted a list of interest rates established by central banks worldwide.
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