Business

Why Trump’s hand-picked Fed chair defied him by raising interest rates

The .25% increase comes despite fierce opposition from the US president, who has called for rates to be cut.

September 17, 2026 1 min read Pressivio News Desk

Source: BBC Business

PRESSIVIO NEWS BRIEF · BUSINESS

Pressivio’s Business desk has added the source report “Why Trump's hand-picked Fed chair defied him by raising interest rates” to its international monitoring stream.

The .25% increase comes despite fierce opposition from the US president, who has called for rates to be cut.

Original source: BBC Business
Read the full report at BBC Business →

This page is a concise, attributed news-monitoring brief. Reporting, quotations and supporting material remain with the original publisher.

Related coverage

More from Business