Trump Promised a Cap on Credit Card Interest Rates. Here’s His Chance.

• Will the credit rating agencies stand up to Trump?

  Debt rankers appear to have been more coy in recent years on risks of developed economies than emerging markets
  
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  How Fed Rates Influence Mortgages, Credit Cards, Savings and More

  Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.
  
  The New York Times - 5d
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  Trump’s Tariffs Scramble Fed’s Interest Rate Calculus

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  Trump says he will 'demand' lower interest rates

  Trump made a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  
  ABC News - Jan. 23
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  Here are things Trump has promised to carry out on Day 1 of his presidency

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  NBC News - Jan. 20

• Mortgages, credit cards, auto loans: Expert predictions for interest rates in 2025

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  CNBC - Jan. 16

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  CBS News - Jan. 9
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  Trump: ‘Interest rates are far too high’

  President-elect Trump on Tuesday declared interest rates are too high even as he decried still-elevated inflation, setting up renewed tensions with the central bank chair who resisted pressure cut ...
  
  The Hill - Jan. 7

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  Why These Companies in Louisville, Ky., Fear Trump’s Tariffs

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  Fed Official Pushes Back on Pre-emptive Policy Moves

  Mary C. Daly, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the central bank needed to assess the “scope, magnitude and timing” of President Trump’s policies.
  
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  After Tariff Fight With Canada and Mexico, Trump’s Next Target Is Europe

  The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.
  
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  Mexico and Canada Reach Last-Minute Deal With Trump to Avert Trade War

  President Trump agreed to delay tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month after both countries pledged to do more to block drugs and migrants.
  
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