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Jobs Report Complicates Trump’s Push for Lower Rates
The Fed looks set to keep interest rates on hold when policymakers meet in March, as both January’s jobs report and recent commentary from voting officials reinforce a pause-for-longer stance.
President Donald Trump has consistently called for the Fed to cut rates, even though inflation has remained stubbornly above the central bank’s 2% target level. Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair in May, has also called for lower interest rates.
But January’s jobs data do little to build the case for another rate cut after three precautionary reductions late last year. Payrolls rose 130,000 and wage growth firmed last month, both coming in stronger than expected.