The Federal Reserve’s annual gathering in the Rocky Mountains is usually a time for central bankers and their wonky friends to kick back, discuss a few complicated economic topics and then go for a hike in the shadow of Grand Teton.

The president’s attempts to control monetary policy became the dominant yet unspoken theme at the annual central bankers’ retreat.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke on the economy Friday morning in Wyoming as President Trump continues to prod the nation’s central bank for interest rate cuts. Powell, after