U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell begins two days of congressional testimony on Tuesday under fire from President Donald Trump for not cutting interest rates but with his status as head of the central bank seemingly secured from any presidential action by a Supreme Court ruling last month.

President Donald Trump, who has been stridently calling for rate cuts, said he hopes that lawmakers will work Fed chair Jerome Powell over on Tuesday

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faces intensifying pressure for rate cuts from the White House and even some of his fellow central bank policymakers as heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday for his semiannual testimony to Congress.