{"id":127411,"date":"2025-04-17T20:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127411"},"modified":"2025-04-17T20:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:17:20","slug":"trump-blasts-too-late-powell-for-not-cutting-interest-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127411","title":{"rendered":"Trump blasts \u2018too late\u2019 Powell for not cutting interest rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsUS President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of being too slow to cut interest rates and escalating a long-running conflict that risks undermining the central bank\u2019s political independence.<br \/>\nWith the European Central Bank (ECB) cutting interest rates again on April 17, \u201cToo Late\u201d Powell has failed to act appropriately in the United States, even with inflation falling, Trump said on Truth Social on April 17.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cPowell\u2019s termination cannot come fast enough!\u201d Trump said.<br \/>\nSource: realDonaldTrumpFlorida Senator Rick Scott agreed with the president, saying, \u201cit\u2019s time for new leadership at the Federal Reserve.\u201d<br \/>\nTrump\u2019s public criticism of the Fed breaks a decades-long convention in American politics that sought to safeguard the central bank from political scrutiny, which includes any executive decision to replace the chair.\u00a0<br \/>\nIn an April 16 address at the Economic Club of Chicago, Powell said Fed independence is \u201ca matter of law.\u201d Powell previously signaled his intent to serve out the remainder of his tenure, which expires in May 2026.\u00a0<br \/>\nRelated: S&amp;P 500 briefly sees \u2018Bitcoin-level\u2019 volatility amid Trump tariff war<br \/>\nCrypto, risk assets look to the Fed for guidance<br \/>\nThe Federal Reserve wields significant influence over financial markets, with its monetary policy decisions affecting US dollar liquidity and shaping investor sentiment.<br \/>\nSince the COVID-19 pandemic, crypto markets have increasingly come under the Fed\u2019s sphere of influence due to the rising correlation between dollar liquidity and asset prices.\u00a0<br \/>\nThis was further corroborated by a 2024 academic paper written by Kingston University of London professors Jinsha Zhao and J Miao, which concluded that liquidity conditions now account for more than 65% of Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) price movements.<br \/>\nAs inflation moderates and market turmoil intensifies amid the trade war, Fed officials are facing mounting pressure to cut interest rates. However, Powell has reiterated the central bank\u2019s wait-and-see approach as officials evaluate the potential impact of tariffs.\u00a0<br \/>\nA measure of real-time inflation known as \u201ctruflation\u201d suggests that cost pressures are much weaker than the Fed\u2019s primary indicators, which are several months out of date. Source: TruflationThe Fed is expected to maintain its wait-and-see policy approach at its next meeting in May, with Fed Fund futures prices implying a less than 10% chance of a rate cut. However, rate cut bets have increased to more than 65% for the Fed\u2019s June policy meeting.\u00a0<br \/>\nRelated: Weaker yuan is &#8216;bullish for BTC&#8217; as Chinese capital flocks to crypto \u2014 Bybit CEO<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/trump-blasts-fed-powell-interest-rates?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsUS President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of being too slow to cut interest rates and escalating a long-running conflict&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127411"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}