The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in a divided vote, indicating growing pressure on the central bank to address heightened inflation. “Most of our discussion was on the big questions that matter to the conduct of monetary policy,” Warsh said. While he said that interest rates could be used as “part of that solution”, he added: “I wouldn’t say it’s in isolation.” Wednesday’s decision is the fifth time rates have been left unchanged since December, despite Donald Trump’s renewed calls to lower rates. Trump on Monday repeated his push for lower interest rates, adding that the US “should have the lowest rates in the world”.