Powell’s Policy Is Causing Serious Economic Damage, Navarro Says

July 7, 2025, 3:30 PM UTC

White House trade counselor Peter Navarro says Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s refusal to lower interest rates is causing “serious economic damage” on the US.

  • Navarro calls on the Federal Reserve board to intervene in comments made on Substack post
    • If Powell “will not voluntarily adjust course, the board must act decisively to prevent further economic harm”
  • Fed policy has caused lower federal tax revenues, intensified budget deficits and deepened the national debt, he says
  • Navarro says American households are feeling “acute financial pain”
  • NOTE: Trump Is Already Making the Next Fed Chair’s Job Harder

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