President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of the US Federal Reserve and called for the central bank to cut interest rates by 1%.
The Fed is set to announce a decision on interest rates on Wednesday following a two-day meeting.
It has already indicated it is unlikely to change rates from the current range of 2.25%-2.5% for the rest of the year.
However, Mr Trump wants the Fed to cut borrowing costs to help the US economy “go up like a rocket”.
Recent figures showed that US GDP grew at a faster-than-expected pace of 3.2% in the first quarter of 2019.
Inflation growth slowed to 1.6% in the year to March compared to 1.7% in February, putting it further below the Fed’s target of 2% inflation.
Mr Trump, who has attacked the Fed and its chairman Jerome Powell on a number of occasions, tweeted that China was doing well because the government was providing economic stimulus as well as keeping interest rates low.
