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Fucking moron
“I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately,” Trump said. “And likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. Interest rates should follow us all over.”
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Those comments come ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Jan. 28-29, where interest rate decisions will be made. Markets are pricing in an almost 0% chance that the Fed will lower interest rates at its next meeting, per the CME Group data.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/us-treasury-yields-investors-consider-trumps-latest-comments-.html
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/US10Y
Financial markets believe neither his bs promises to lower inflation, nor Musk's promises to reduce government spending.