Inflation back then was below the Fed’s 2% In 2019, the Federal Reserve lowered rates three times in quarter-point moves in a pre-emptive strike to cushion the economy from a global slowdown and ...

Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve can wait to see which effect from Trump's tariffs is worse - high inflation or a weak ...

What made investors doubtful, in part, was the Fed’s acknowledgement that inflation has proven a bit more resilient than ...

Williams acknowledged the “close, kind of theoretical connection” between the decisions made by Treasury and the Fed, and insisted the Fed’s responsibility is to offset fiscal decisions if ...

Congress made the Federal Reserve independent of the executive branch to keep presidents from manipulating interest rates to win elections. But the Fed is not independent of Congress regarding ...

Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, has made clear that pre-emptive interest rate cuts are not appropriate for ...

the Fed cannot achieve a strong job market for a long period. And he made it clear he wasn't yet sure whether the inflationary effects from tariffs would be temporary or long-lasting.

primarily that they will put the Fed in a difficult situation in their effort to fight inflation and grow the economy.April 16, 2025 ...