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Trump calls Fed chair ‘a numbskull’ who ‘makes it difficult for people to buy a house’

In new attack, US president accuses Jerome Powell of preventing central bank from lowering interest rates

Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on Jerome Powell, calling the US central bank chair a “numbskull” and accusing him of “making it difficult for people, especially the young, to buy a house”.

The US president accused Powell of preventing the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates to make housing more affordable.

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