The Memo: Trump takes jab at Fed amid economic nervousness

President Trump took aim at the Federal Reserve on Tuesday morning, a move that skeptics said betrayed nervousness about the political dangers of a slowing economy and declining stock market.

The president complained that the Fed should avoid making “yet another mistake,” asserting that its board should read a Wall Street Journal editorial which called for a pause in hiking interest rates.

Fed watchers expect the central bank to raise interest rates on Wednesday for a fourth time this year.

View the complete December 19 article by Niall Stanage on The Hill website here.