Trump’s ‘golden age’ economic message undercut by his desire for much lower interest rates – which typically signal a weak jobs market

By: Joshua Stillwagon, Babson College

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: October 27, 2025

Words: 1,052

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

By Joshua Stillwagon, Babson College

President Donald Trump seems to want to have it both ways on the U.S. economy.

On the one hand, he recently said the economy is in its “golden age” and referred to the U.S. as the “hottest country anywhere in the world.”

Yet at the same time, he has outright demanded that the Federal Reserve sharply slash interest rates to fuel economic activity. And his recently handpicked …

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