Trump Takes Swipe at Fed as Stocks Tumble

President says Federal Reserve has ‘gone crazy’ on short-term interest rates

President Trump called the Federal Reserve’s recent interest-rate increases “a mistake,” suggesting that the central bank was to blame after Wednesday's stock-market plunge. Photo: AP Images

President Trump put the Federal Reserve at the middle of Wednesday’s stock-market selloff just minutes after the White House issued a statement playing down the drop by pointing to solid economic fundamentals.

“The Fed is making a mistake,” Mr. Trump told reporters in Erie, Pa., after stock markets suffered their biggest decline in more than seven months. “I think the Fed has gone crazy.”

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