Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated Tuesday that the central bank will not cut its interest rate target in July, a stance that puts him in conflict with members of the Fed’s Board of Governors, as well as with President Donald Trump.
Powell said in prepared remarks for testimony before Congress that the threat of higher inflation from Trump’s tariffs made it necessary to hold rates steady for the time being.
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