U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks Thursday in a video appearance at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will call for a lowering of U.S. interest rates, exerting pressure on the Federal Reserve despite a longstanding norm of political independence at the central bank.

President Trump said in a virtual address at the World Economic Forum on Thursday that he will mandate the Federal Reserve lower interest rates imminently, a threat that undermines the Federal Reserve's political independence.

U.S. stocks moved modestly higher Thursday after President Donald Trump used his remote appearance before some of the world's most powerful business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos,

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would seek to bring interest rates lower, speaking remotely to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

President Donald Trump lobbed his first volley at the Federal Reserve, saying Thursday that he will apply pressure to bring down interest rates. Speaking to an assembly of global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

Treasury note rallied modestly on Thursday, sending its yield slightly lower for the day, after President Donald Trump suggested a willingness to apply pressure on Federal Reserve officials to bring down interest rates.

President Trump said Thursday he wants interest rates to “drop immediately” — and that he plans to “demand” reductions alongside an anticipated dip in global oil prices. Trump, 78, said he intends to pressure oil-producing nations to boost their output to lower global costs — after crude oil prices already dropped about 3.