Mr. Donald Trump has officially found a way to strong-arm the Federal Reserve into cutting interest rates. Not through direct intervention, but through fiscal policy. The US president’s Department of Government Efficiency (D.

President Trump seeks to leverage fiscal policy to influence the Federal Reserve into lowering interest rates. By pursuing $1 trillion in spending cuts, his administration aims to slow the economy, potentially triggering the Fed to ease rates.

Officials are debating when to restart interest rate cuts, as high prices linger and Trump’s policies add to economic uncertainty.

The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates twice in 2025, which could boost Bitcoin’s price as investors favor riskier assets because of their potential for higher returns.

As President Donald Trump lashes out at government agencies across Washington, one of his favorite first-term targets – the Federal Reserve – has been getting a relatively easy ride.

As the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the federal bureaucracy and tests the limits of executive power, however, the nature of the Fed’s independence has come under scrutiny. The idea that America’s central bank should operate without political interference is a norm without ironclad protections,