Trump Says Fed `Would Be Foolish' to Raise Rates This Month

  • President speaks to Reuters ahead of Fed meeting next week
  • Investors forecast 70% chance Fed will raise rates again

President Donald Trump on Dec. 11. 

Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve not to proceed with an expected interest-rate increase when it meets next week, continuing his public campaign against further rate hikes.

“I think that would be foolish, but what can I say?,” Trump said in an interview with Reuters at the White House on Tuesday.