President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has kept interest rates too high and that he might call the central bank chief.

Donald Trump kept up his verbal assault on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monday, over the US central bank’s refusal – for now – to further cut interest rates.The markets are growing ever more fearful that the President may ultimately try to fire Powell.

"Letting inflation gather steam today, by arbitrariyl holding down rates, would be a different story. This would be a message to dollar holders around the world