Federal Reserve officials at a meeting last month pointed to rising risks that inflation could worsen, a key reason they kept ...
President Trump is plowing ahead with his tariff plans and threats, while still pushing for a cut to interest rates.
The decision last month to leave the benchmark federal-funds rate at its current level around 4.3% followed rate cuts at ...
Billionaire Elon Musk once again suggested that the Federal Reserve should undergo closer scrutiny, saying Thursday at a ...
The Fed minutes also showed the central bank's readiness to hold rates steady amid stubborn inflation and economic-policy ...
Powell's testimony to US Congress last week emphasized that the central bank is not rushing to lower interest rates.
The executive order is particularly challenging for the central bank because its insulation from short-term politics helps give it credibility in financial markets.
Economists have been sounding the alarms that the Fed’s “inclusive” employment strategy may be to blame for staggering ...
The outlook for interest rates has divided the investment community, which is reflected in a recent poll of our readers. Out ...
The Fed took a hit to its independence with a new Trump executive order that seeks to rein in the autonomy of independent ...
A growing property insurance crisis may make it hard to get a mortgage in parts of the country in the coming decades, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday in testimony before Congress.