Trump Isn't Happy About The Interest Rate Hike And Wants To Fire Federal Reserve Chief The Federal Reserve raised interest rates this week. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell made the announcement on December 19 (via NYT): ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ The Fed’s decision also rebuffed President Trump, who has broken with the practice of his predecessors by loudly and publicly campaigning for the Fed to keep rates low to continue stimulating the economy. “Feel the market, don’t just go by meaningless numbers,” Mr. Trump urged in a tweet earlier on Tuesday. ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ ( Full story below ) ⤵ ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/12/22/rumor-mill-trump-isnt-happy-about-interest-rate-hike-and-wants-to-fire-fed-chief-n2537962