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Trump Threatens to Halt Trade Unless Fed Cuts Interest Rates

The president's ultimatum seeks to force rate cuts through trade restrictions, risking legal challenges, market disruption, higher borrowing costs.

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U.S.–Iran Strikes Send Oil and Bond Yields Higher, Boosting Odds of Fed Rate Hike

Trump Presses Fed Over Rates as Treasury Doubles Long-Term Bond Buybacks

Argentina Holds Wholesale Dollar Under $1,500 as BCRA Builds Reserves

Trump Presses Fed to Cut Rates and Publicly Backs Kevin Warsh

Fed Holds Rates as Warsh Signals Shift Toward Possible 2026 Hike

Markets and Economists Abandon 2026 Rate Cuts as Warsh Prepares for First Fed Meeting

Trump Says He Wants a Rate Cut but Leaves Decision to New Fed Chair

Pakistan Sets Rs1.126 Trillion Federal PSDP and Delays Budget as Gap Widens

Powell Warns Political Removals Would Erode the Fed’s Credibility

Kevin Warsh Sworn In as Federal Reserve Chair

Kevin Warsh Sworn In as Fed Chair After Narrow Senate Vote

Brazil Central Bank Lowers Selic to 14.50% in Second Straight Cut

Tillis Backs Warsh for Fed Chair After Prosecutors Drop Powell Probe

Trump Threatens to Fire Powell if He Stays at Fed After Term Ends

Lula Urges Rate Cuts, Telling Central Bank to Weigh Treasury and Planning Actions

Japan Briefing: Kyoto Child Identified, Sapporo Driver Dies, Ward Filing Disputed, SDF Defends Anthem Singing

Japan Backs Continued U.S.–Iran Talks as NPT Push, Retrial Rewrite and AI Checks Advance

Fresh Israeli Strikes, Iranian Retaliation Hit Gulf Energy as U.S. Sends Marines

Oil Leaps Past $108 as Hormuz Disruptions and New Strikes Jolt Markets Before Fed