President Donald Trump's Interest-Rate Ultimatum Will Likely Fall on Deaf Ears Due to 3 Factors, One of Which Is Trumpflation

Key Points Statistically, few presidents since the late 1890s have overseen higher annualized stock market returns than President Trump. The president has been vocal about the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) unwillingness to slash interest rates. Two of Trump’s policies are driving up inflation and making it virtually impossible for the Fed to consider rate cuts. Wall Street’s No. 1 catalyst is also boosting consumer prices, making the president’s call for lower rates a moot point. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index › Since the late 1890s, Wall Street's major stock indexes have risen under roughly three-quarters of all presidential terms.