The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to write laws regulating commerce and financial markets — including interest-rate limits on credit cards. Trump has called for a one-year cap at 10%, but no such law currently exists, and a presidential proclamation alone doesn’t change private-sector interest rates.

By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada will keep its overnight interest rate on hold through 2026, according to an even stronger majority of economists polled by Reuters than one month ago on expectations the economy will grow steadily with inflation largely contained.

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The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates on hold, as US rate-setters signalled they are in no rush to cut despite Donald Trump’s relentless campaign to drastically lower borrowing costs. The rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee said on Wednesday that economic activity was “expanding at a solid pace” and unemployment was showing “some signs of stabilisation” — hints that officials believe rates are now at an acceptable level for the world’s largest economy.