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“I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell declared 2018 the “best year since the financial crisis” after revealing a late 2018 quarter percent rate hike Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday afternoon, less than a week before Christmas, that the Fed will raise interest rates a quarter of a point, from 2.25 to 2.50 percent. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy’s continued strength but signaling that it expects to slow hikes next year. The quarter-point hike, to a

Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in The Hill that the Federal Reserve raising its rates this week would not only rock shaky financial markets, but, more significantly, threaten one of the best economies and labor markets in a generation.

Rocky financial markets, driven largely by Federal Reserve uncertainty and President Trump’s aggressive tariff negotiation strategy, shouldn’t overshadow two trade victories at the recent G20 Summit.

“One and done” is now the market forecast of Fed interest rate hikes.

And still no signs that tariffs are a problem for the economy.

Worries about growth and trade battered the stock market Tuesday.

Another indication that the Federal Reserve may be moving rates up too far.

Job Creators Network, one of the nation’s largest grassroots pro-jobs organization, is sending a clear message to Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell that he should scrap his previously planned interest rate hike.

The weakest spot in the U.S. economy looks even weaker.

The Fed chair’s position on rates has shifted dramatically over the last two months.

Despite the slowdown and higher interest rates, home prices are still rising faster than incomes.

Chief Justice John Roberts and the media have been elected by no one and yet hey keep telling President Trump to shut up.

Job Creators Network President & CEO Alfredo Ortiz appeared on the Fox Business Network on Friday to discuss how the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes impact the U.S. economy.

Trump is no longer alone in his criticism of Fed tightening. An increasing chorus of investors and business leaders say the Fed is moving into dangerous territory.

The Fed said it expected to hike rates three times in 2019. The market thinks it will only hike once.

A warning flare just went up from homebuilders.

“We hear a lot from business about higher costs, loss of markets. We see a rising chorus of concern,” Powell said. “It hasn’t shown up yet in the data.”

Bernie Marcus writes for RealClear Politics in opposition to the Federal Reserve’s threat to raise the interest rates for a fourth time this year.

Farm deflation could pressure the Fed to back off on interest rates.

“Maybe he wants Trump to lose,” Cramer said on the financial news networks’ “Squawk on the Street” program.

The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.5 percent in the July-September quarter as the strongest burst of consumer spending in nearly four years helped offset a sharp drag from trade.

President Trump thinks interest rates have been rising too quickly. Would-be home buyers seem to agree.

“The president is ordering you not to raise interest rates before the election.”

Fed officials think the economy is strong enough to justify rates marching steadily upwards.

Housing starts and mortgage applications were lower than expected. It may be time for the Fed to rethink its plan to hike interest rates further.

During a portion of an interview with the Fox Business Network set to air on Tuesday’s “Trish Regan Primetime,” President Trump said the Federal Reserve is his “biggest threat” because the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates too quickly, a

Critics of the Trump administration’s tariffs have described them as “taxes on consumers.” So far, however, there is little sign the consumer prices are rising because of tariffs.

Wednesday’s rate hike was the third this year and the eighth since the Fed began raising interest rates in December 2015.

Still no signs that tariffs are a “tax on consumers.”

“Navigating by the stars can sound straightforward. Guiding policy by the stars in practice, however, has been quite challenging,” Powell said.

The Fed minutes reveal that officials are talking about trade a lot more but not seeing much evidence of negative effects yet.

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