SynopsisA stronger US jobs report has raised expectations of a September Fed rate hike, while Donald Trump has stepped up pressure on the central bank to cut interest rates. Markets now await US inflation data, which could determine the Fed's next policy move.

S. jobs report has put a September interest-rate hike back firmly on the table, leaving Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh facing a difficult choice as President Donald Trump intensifies his demands for lower borrowing costs, Reuters reported.

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1% even as the pool of available workers expanded. The report strengthens the argument for the Fed to raise rates at its Sept.

15-16 meeting, particularly after Warsh last week said he needed confidence that inflation was moving back toward the central bank's 2% target "clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do."

But the stronger labor market data arrives as Trump steps up pressure on the central bank." The Fed Board, with its great new leader, must get smart - BE PATRIOTS for a change," Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday after the jobs data were released.

A. at a very unfair disadvantage, and I won't allow that to happen!"

S. trade policy, threatening to halt trade with countries running a deficit with the United States."

We should have the LOWEST RATE of any country in the World ... LOWER THE RATE OR I' LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT," Trump said.

The threat adds another layer of uncertainty for the Fed, which is already navigating inflation that has remained above its 2% target for more than five years. -Iran conflict and strong investment in artificial intelligence, have added to price pressures and pushed up longer-term Treasury yields.

For now, however, the jobs report itself does not settle the Fed's decision. 1% in August, a pace broadly consistent with the Fed's inflation goal, while the increase in labor-force participation suggests the steady unemployment rate was driven by more people working or looking for work rather than a deterioration in labor-market conditions."

The upshot of today's numbers is that the September FOMC meeting remains finely balanced," Pantheon Macro economists wrote. " FOMC members have uniformly signaled that inflation data will determine their next policy steps."