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Investors concerned as Donald Trump launches attacks on Federal Reserve Chair

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 24 Apr 2025, 7:58pm
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Photo / NZ Herald
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Photo / NZ Herald

Investors concerned as Donald Trump launches attacks on Federal Reserve Chair

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 24 Apr 2025, 7:58pm

US President Donald Trump has spent the past week verbally attacking Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and it's prompted concerns from the markets.

Trump recently claimed the US economy could slow down unless interest rates were lowered immediately - and said that Powell's termination 'cannot come soon enough'.

Sam Dickie from Fisher Funds explains what this could mean for investors.

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