Trump labels Fed's Powell a 'numbskull' and says he will be out in eight months

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Linus Uhlig
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US President Donald Trump has launched another attack on the chair of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, labelling him a “numbskull” who has kept interest rates too high.

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