US stocks and dollar plunge as Trump attacks Fed chair Powell

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Source: BBC

US stocks and dollar plunge as Trump attacks Fed chair Powell

21 April 2025

Natalie Sherman
BBC News

US stocks and the dollar plunged again as President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on US central bank boss calling him "a major loser" for not lowering interest rates.

In a social media post, Trump called on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates "pre-emptively" to help boost the economy, saying Powell had been consistently too slow to respond to economic developments.

"There can be a SLOWING of the economy unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates, NOW," he wrote.

Trump's criticism of Powell's handling of the US economy comes as his own plans for tariffs have driven a stock market sell-off and raised fears of economic recession.

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[PSPS]

1. "Mr. Too Late, a major loser" managed to give us the "soft landing" many thought couldn't be done.

His presence is the last remaining hook holding up the world economy. If they manage to push Powell out, the entire world's economy will crash.