Trump says he would be disappointed if Warsh didn't cut rates quickly

April 21, 2026 8:56 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Kevin Warsh, Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo

WASHINGTON, ‌April ​21 (Reuters) - ​U.S. President Donald ‌Trump on Tuesday ⁠told CNBC that ‌he would be ‌disappointed if Kevin Warsh, ​his nominee for ⁠Fed chair, did not ​cut interest rates right away once ​he ‌took office after being ⁠approved by the Senate.

Trump ⁠also said "we have ​to find out" about the construction ‌costs of the new ‌Federal ⁠Reserve building.

(Reporting ‌by ​Bo Erickson;Editing by David ‌Ljunggren)



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