President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve Board to "do the right thing" and give him the lower interest rates he'd like as more tariffs are slated to take effect April 2. The Fed held interst rates steady on Wednesday.

President Trump doubled down on pressuring the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, arguing that the costs of eggs, groceries and gas are down so the central bank can make cuts. “Egg prices are WAY DOWN from the Biden inspired prices if just a few weeks ago.

The latest dour projection arrived Tuesday, when Fitch Ratings cut its U.S. growth forecast for this year to 1.7 percent from 2.1 percent. It explicitly pointed to Mr. Trump’s tariffs — and the “huge uncertainty” around them — as two of the drivers behind a potential economic slowdown and short-term rise in prices.