Donald Trump blames ‘out of control’ US Fed for stock market sell-off

President Donald Trump said he won’t fire US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell but blamed an “out of control” US central bank for the worst stock market sell-off since February.

Donald Trump blames ‘out of control’ US Fed for stock market sell-off

President Donald Trump said he won’t fire US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell but blamed an “out of control” US central bank for the worst stock market sell-off since February.

President Trump also told reporters in the Oval Office that he knows monetary policy better than the Fed’s leaders and continued criticising them for interest-rate increases.

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