In his stinging monthslong campaign to badger Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest rates, President Donald Trump has relied on a variety of arguments. He's pointed to the European Central Bank's two percentage points of rate cuts and a report showing weakening private-sector job growth.

If President Donald Trump isn’t pleased with the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate calls, he should take a hard look at his own trade policies, Fed chair Jerome Powell suggested on Tuesday. During an appearance at the European Central Bank forum in Sintra,

Interest rates would have been cut, if not for Trump’s tariffs, Fed chair says - Trump has pressured Powell and the Fed to lower short term interest rates