Trump Intensifies Public Criticism of Fed, Warsh Voices Support

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that President Donald Trump has "openly expressed" his dissatisfaction with the Federal Reserve, underscoring the administration’s unusually public pressure on the U.S. central bank. Earlier in the day, former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh said Trump is right to press the Fed in public, adding another prominent voice to the debate over the extent to which elected officials should influence monetary policy.