U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday demanded that the chairman of the Federal Reserve immediately “cancel his summer vacation” and slash interest rates following the release of government data showing weaker-than-expected job growth and an increase in the unemployment rate last month.
Warren (D-Mass.), an outspoken critic of the Fed’s aggressive interest rate increases, argued in a social media post that Fed Chair Jerome Powell “made a serious mistake not cutting interest rates” at the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) meeting earlier this week. The central bank’s policy-setting group opted to hold rates at 5.25% to 5.5% for the 12th consecutive month.
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