唐纳德·特朗普总统参观了美联储周四，他与美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔(Jerome Powell)站在一起，反复呼吁降低利率。
即使在重申了他对央行的失望之后，特朗普也称解雇鲍威尔的想法是一个“大动作”，没有“必要”。
这标志着近20年来在任总统首次正式访问美联储。
特朗普和鲍威尔戴上匹配的白色安全帽，参观了央行25亿美元的建筑改造项目。最近几周，特朗普抨击鲍威尔与翻新工程相关的成本超支。
美联储将支出超支归因于不可预见的成本增加，称其建筑翻新最终将“通过允许董事会整合其大部分业务，随着时间的推移降低成本”，根据央行的网站.
参观完翻修后，特朗普站在鲍威尔旁边回答了记者的提问。
在一次交流中，特朗普声称翻新的成本比之前知道的还要高，后来鲍威尔立即纠正了他，说特朗普错误地包括了几年前完成的一个项目的成本。
几分钟后，特朗普重申了降低利率的呼吁，称美国将“得到利率下降的帮助”。
一名记者问特朗普，如果项目经理允许成本超出预算，作为一名房地产开发商，他会怎么做。
特朗普回应:“一般来说，我会怎么做?我会解雇他。”
当被问及鲍威尔时，特朗普补充说，“我不想涉及个人。”
美联储是一个自主的国会设立的机构。联邦法律允许总统出于“原因”罢免美联储主席，尽管这种罢免尚无先例。鲍威尔的主席任期将于2026年5月到期。
这次不同寻常的访问发生在特朗普表示他已经与一群共和党议员进行了讨论大约一周之后解雇美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的可能性，然后收回这样的计划，称它们“极不可能”
这一插曲导致股价暴跌，债券收益率攀升，直到特朗普否认恢复了市场的平静.
特朗普上台以来，尖锐批评鲍威尔，频繁敦促美联储降息。
“我们有一个拒绝降低美联储利率的人，”特朗普说上个月谈到鲍威尔时说。“也许我应该去找美联储。我可以任命自己吗?我会比这些人做得更好。”
特朗普被法律禁止任命自己为央行行长。
美联储连续七个月保持利率稳定，在观察特朗普关税政策的潜在影响时采取观望态度。
本月早些时候，鲍威尔说他不排除美联储在7月29日和30日的下一次会议上降息的可能性。
鲍威尔在葡萄牙辛纳特拉举行的欧洲央行论坛上对听众表示:“我不会取消任何会议，也不会把任何会议放到桌面上。”。“这取决于数据如何演变。”
特朗普是自乔治·w·布什总统2006年出席美联储主席本·伯南克宣誓就职仪式以来首位访问美联储的总统。伯南克在他的讲话中指出，这只是美国总统第三次访问美联储评论当天。
根据伯南克的说法，富兰克林·罗斯福在1937年为大楼揭幕时曾到访过，杰拉尔德·福特在1975年也曾到访过。他担任这一角色直到2014年。
Trump, Powell stand together after president's interest rate criticism
President Donald Trump visited theFederal Reserveon Thursday, repeating calls for lower interest rates while standing alongside Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Even after reiterating his frustration with the central bank, Trump called the notion of firing Powell a "big move" that would not be "necessary."
It marked the first official trip to the Fed taken by a sitting president in almost 20 years.
Donning matching white hard hats, Trump and Powell took a tour of the central bank's $2.5 billion building renovation project. In recent weeks, Trump has slammed Powell for cost overruns tied to the renovation.
The Fed attributes spending overruns to unforeseen cost increases, saying that its building renovation will ultimately "reduce costs over time by allowing the Board to consolidate most of its operations," according to the central bank'swebsite.
After a tour of the renovation, Trump answered questions from the press while standing next to Powell.
During one exchange, Trump claimed the costs of the renovation had been even higher than previously known, before Powell immediately corrected him, saying Trump had wrongly included costs from a project completed years earlier.
Minutes later, Trump reiterated his call for lower interest rates, saying the U.S. would "be helped with interest rates coming down."
A reporter asked Trump what he would do as a real estate developer in the event that a project manager allowed costs to go over budget.
Trump responded: "Generally speaking, what would I do? I'd fire him."
When asked about Powell, Trump added, "I don't want to get personal."
The Fed is anindependentagency established by Congress. Federal law allows the president to remove the Fed chair for "cause" -- though no precedent exists for such an ouster. Powell's term as chair is set to expire in May 2026.
The unusual visit came roughly a week after Trump said he had discussed with a group of Republican lawmakersthe possibility of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, before walking back such plans, calling them "highly unlikely."
This episode sent stock prices tumbling and bond yields climbing, until Trump's disavowalrestored calm to the markets.
Since Trump took office, he has sharply criticized Powell and frequently urged the Fed to cut interest rates.
"We have a man who just refuses to lower the Fed rate," Trumpsaid of Powell last month. "Maybe I should go to the Fed. Am I allowed to appoint myself? I'd do a much better job than these people."
Trump is legally barred from appointing himself the head of the central bank.
The Fed has held interest rates steady for seven consecutive months, taking up a wait-and-see approach as it observes potential effects of Trump's tariff policy.
Earlier this month, Powellsaidhe would not rule out a potential interest rate cut as soon as the Fed's next meeting on July 29 and 30.
"I wouldn't take any meeting off the table or put any on the table," Powell told the audience at the European Central Bank forum in Sinatra, Portugal. "It depends on how the data evolve."
Trump is the first president to visit the Fed since President George W. Bush attended the swearing-in ceremony of Fed Chair Ben Bernanke in 2006. That ceremony marked only the third visit of a president to the Fed, Bernanke noted in hisremarkson the day.
Franklin Roosevelt visited when he dedicated the building in 1937 and Gerald Ford visited in 1975, according to Bernanke. He served in the role until 2014.
