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Trump says 'the Fed has gone crazy' with rate hikes

AFP
United StatesUpdated: Oct 11, 2018, 09:10 AM IST
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File photo of US President Donald Trump. Photograph:(Reuters)

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'"I think the Fed is making a mistake. It's so tight,' Trump told reporters. 

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve "has gone crazy" by raising interest rates too much.

Speaking as he arrived in Erie, Pennsylvania for a rally, shortly after Wall Street closed down sharply, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing more than 800 points, Trump made his latest attack on the independent US central bank.

"I think the Fed is making a mistake. It's so tight. I think the Fed has gone crazy," he told reporters.