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US: Trump: I'll "Demand" Lower Interest Rates Alongside Oil Prices

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 Trump on interest rates: "With oil prices going down I'll demand that interest rates drop immediately, and likewise they should be dropping all over the world. Interest rates should follow us."

  • His exact meaning is a little unclear - he's said previously that supply-side improvements and lower oil prices would help bring down inflation and allow interest rates to fall, but this is a more forceful way of putting it.

     

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 Trump on interest rates: "With oil prices going down I'll demand that interest rates drop immediately, and likewise they should be dropping all over the world. Interest rates should follow us."

  • His exact meaning is a little unclear - he's said previously that supply-side improvements and lower oil prices would help bring down inflation and allow interest rates to fall, but this is a more forceful way of putting it.