{
  "id": 7931708,
  "title": "Trump Says He Told Fed Chief to ‘Do What You Want’ Ahead of Interest Rate Hike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/trump-says-he-told-fed-chief-to-do-what-you-want-ahead-of-interest",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T02:21:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/washingtonpost/20260917-349104/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday evening that he advised Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh to vote for an interest rate increase because other board members were expected to follow suit. \"I said do what you want because it doesn’t matter because he doesn’t have the votes,\" Trump stated to reporters while campaigning in North Carolina. \"I told Kevin, I said, ‘You might as well vote with the board because it’s just not going to matter. … The board is very hostile,\" Trump added, criticizing the Fed as \"very political\" and \"doing the wrong thing.\" However, Fed Chair Warsh neither confirmed nor denied Trump's account. The Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise interest rates by a quarter point for the first time in three years, a decision President Trump denounced on social media. Trump suggested he did not anticipate Warsh to follow his instructions, insisting the Fed maintain its independence. The Fed's decision to raise rates was described by analysts as a move to reinforce the central bank's credibility after concerns that Warsh, nominated by Trump, might not act decisively to curb inflation. Trump alleged that the Fed board's decision was politically motivated, claiming it aimed to harm his administration.",
  "summary": "President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening said he counseled Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh to vote for an interest rate hike because other Fed officials were expected to vote that way anyway.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}