Trump calls on Fed to cut rates, saying prices of 'practically everything' are down

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 05/13/25 01:55 PM EDT

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his call for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, saying prices for gas, groceries and "practically everything else" are down.

"No Inflation, and Prices of Gasoline, Energy, Groceries, and practically everything else, are DOWN!!! THE FED must lower the RATE, like Europe and China have done," Trump said on Truth Social.

"What is wrong with Too Late Powell? Not fair to America, which is ready to blossom? Just let it all happen, it will be a beautiful thing!," Trump added, repeating criticism of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; editing by Rami Ayyub)

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