Trump Talks Up Fed Rate Cut as Pence Reports Coronavirus Case Jump

In surprisingly brief remarks at the beginning of a press briefing about the government response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Sunday afternoon, President Donald Trump declared himself “very happy” that the Federal Reserve had cut interest rates to near-zero in an emergency bid to protect the economy from the pandemic.“It makes me very happy, and I want to congratulate the Federal Reserve,” Trump told reporters in the White House briefing room, adding that it was