美国总统特朗普近期成为近二十年来首位访问美联储的总统，但此次访问并未能弥合他与美联储主席鲍威尔在关键经济数据上的分歧。特朗普认为美联储大楼翻新费用高达31亿美元，且国内“没有通货膨胀”，然而鲍威尔对此表示不清楚，且数据显示6月份年通胀率为2.7%，高于美联储2%的目标。尽管特朗普要求降低利率以刺激购房，但美联储维持了4.25%-4.5%的基准利率区间，并指出特朗普关税政策的不确定性是影响利率决策的重要因素。

🏢 特朗普总统成为近二十年来首位访问美联储的在任总统，显示出其对货币政策的关注。此次访问也凸显了他与美联储主席鲍威尔在多个经济议题上的意见不合，特别是关于美联储大楼翻新成本和国内通货膨胀状况。

💰 关于美联储大楼的翻新费用，特朗普声称目前已达31亿美元，高于之前的25亿美元预算。然而，美联储主席鲍威尔对此表示不清楚，并指出翻新成本的增加是由于原材料价格上涨、劳动力成本增加以及施工计划调整等因素。

📈 特朗普一再声称美国“没有通货膨胀”，并认为高利率阻碍了民众购房。然而，根据美国劳工统计局的数据，6月份的年通货膨胀率上升至2.7%，超过了美联储设定的2%的目标。自2024年12月以来，美联储一直将基准利率维持在4.25%-4.5%的区间。

⚖️ 美联储主席鲍威尔在国会证词中提到，特朗普的关税政策带来的不确定性是美联储决定不降息的主要因素之一。他认为关税的通胀影响可能是短暂的，也可能更持久，因此在决策时需要谨慎考虑。

President Donald Trump became the first president to visit the Federal Reserve in nearly two decades.Trump said the Federal Reserve renovation now costs $3.1 billion; Fed Chair Jerome Powell disagrees.Trump claims there is "no inflation" in the country despite June's 2.7% annual inflation rate.

President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell can't seem to get on the same page about numbers.

That goes for not only the interest rates Trump would like to see lowered, but also the cost of renovating the Federal Reserve building and whether there is inflation in the country.

On Thursday, Trump became the first president in nearly two decades to visit the Federal Reserve after George W. Bush in 2006. He said the Federal Reserve renovation project now costs "$3.1 billion," up from the current budget of $2.5 billion.

"I'm not aware of that," said Powell while shaking his head.

The cost of the major renovation project on the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, became a talking point for the Trump administration when the original $1.9 billion price tag in 2017 ballooned to $2.5 billion by 2023.

The building hasn't undergone any major renovation since its construction in the 1930s. The renovation includes removing asbestos and updating electrical lines in the structure for safety reasons.

A 2023 Fed budget document attributed the cost to "significant increases in raw materials… higher labor costs, and changes in construction schedule expectations which lengthen use of leased space."

Later in the visit, Trump went on to call the opening up of the basement and the plywood protection boards in the halls a "very luxurious situation" when asked if he thinks Powell mismanaged the renovation.

Though Trump said he would not be firing the Fed chair, he did not conceal his demand for lower interest rates.

"Our country is the hottest in the world right now, but the one thing is that people are pretty much unable to buy housing because the interest rates are too high," said Trump. "We have no inflation. We have a lot of cash coming in."

"I think he will do the right thing," Trump added of Powell.

According to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation picked up in June and rose to an annual rate of 2.7%, which is above the Federal Reserve's goal of 2% inflation.

Since December 2024, the Fed has maintained its benchmark rate in a range of 4.25% to 4.5% and refused to budge, despite repeated criticism from Trump.

In his semiannual testimony in Congress in June, Powell cited uncertainty over the impact of Trump's tariffs as a major factor in the central bank's decision not to lower rates. He said that the inflationary effects of the tariffs "could be short-lived" or "could instead be more persistent."