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Donald Trump hinted at a coming clash with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other central bankers as he spoke virtually before the World Economic Forum, saying he would 'demand' lower interest rates.

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Emerging markets could be seeing a dreaded "sudden stop" of capital flows as President Donald Trump's 'America First' policies pump up the U.S. economy and suck money away from poorer countries, investment bank JPMorgan warned on Thursday. Analysts fear sudden stops in capital flows because they starve economies of the money they need to grow or even just keep going. JPMorgan's in-house indications show there were $19 billion worth of "net capital outflows" from developing economies not including China in the last quarter, with another $10 billion expected to flee in Q1.

Trump will probably seek to ease inflation and lower prices by drilling for more oil, loosening regulations, reducing federal spending, experts say.