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Top Federal Reserve officials call for interest rate cut
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller is calling for a cut to interest rates at the board's next meeting at the end of the month. Waller is considered a contender for the next chair of the central bank. And his comments come as Trump turns up the heat on current chair Jerome Powell.
Mike Regan, managing editor at Bloomberg News, joins us.
This segment aired on July 18, 2025.