What Trump Fed candidates have said about interest rate cuts

Published August 23, 2025 6:00am ET



President Donald Trump is set to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell next year. Here is what some of his potential picks said recently about interest rates and monetary policy.

Powell has rankled Trump and his allies for months for overseeing a Fed that has thus far refused to cut interest rates due to fears of another uptick in inflation. Powell indicated on Friday at his annual address in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that a rate cut is coming, but Trump wants much more aggressive action.

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