Trump predicts interest rates will come down after he announces Fed chair pick

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 01/27/26 06:22 PM EST

Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ?will soon announce ?his pick to ?serve as head ?of ?the Federal Reserve, ?and predicted ?interest rates would decline after ?the ?new ?chair takes over.

"When we have a great ?Fed chairman, I think we're going to have one. I'll ?announce ?it pretty soon. You'll see ?rates come down a lot," Trump said during a speech in ?Iowa.

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing ?by Chris Reese)

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