
TRUMP SLAMS POWELL AFTER SOFTER PPI DATA
Donald Trump attacked Fed Chair Jerome Powell on social media after August’s Producer Price Index unexpectedly fell 0.1% vs. a forecasted +0.3%.“Just out: No Inflation!!! Too late — must lower the RATE, BIG, right now. Powell is a total disaster,” Trump wrote.The drop was driven by weaker services prices, while goods edged higher. Year-over-year PPI eased to 2.6% from 3.1%.Despite the softer data, markets still expect the Fed to cut rates by only 25 bps at next week’s meeting. The CPI report is due Thursday.The copyright of this article belongs to the original author/organization.
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