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Trump says 'not much' doubt interest rates will be lowered, in NBC interview

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 02/04/26 02:27 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there was "not much" doubt ?in his mind that benchmark ?U.S. interest rates will ?be lowered by the ?Federal ?Reserve.

Trump said in an interview ?with NBC News ?he believes his choice to lead the ?Fed, Kevin ?Warsh, ?understands the U.S. president's preference for lower rates.

Asked ?if Warsh understood that Trump wanted him to lower interest rates, Trump said: "I think he ?does, ?but I think he wants to anyway."

He ?added: "I mean, if he came in and said, 'I want to raise them' ... he would not have gotten the ?job. No."

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu; Editing by ?Caitlin Webber and Chris Reese)

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