Fed’s Powell Says Interest Rate Decisions Will Be ‘Non-Political’ in Meeting With Trump

The White House meeting came amid intensifying pressure from the president to ease monetary policy as inflation has fallen.
Fed’s Powell Says Interest Rate Decisions Will Be ‘Non-Political’ in Meeting With Trump
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference held by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington on May 15, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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President Donald Trump told Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at a White House meeting on May 29 that the central bank chief erred in not lowering borrowing costs, while Powell said decisions on interest rates would remain grounded in economic data and free from political influence.

According to a brief readout from the Fed, Powell did not discuss his expectations for the timing or pace of future rate cuts but said that all policy moves would be based “entirely on incoming economic information and what that means for the outlook.”
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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