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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated on April 16, 2025, that President Trump’s tariffs would likely lead to higher ...
By Anjan Roy As it is common among politicians facing serious economic issues, the government of the day heaps all reasons ...
Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, with whom President Donald Trump is reported to have discussed firing U.S.
Donald Trump may have walked back threats to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell for now, but he still faces pressure to lower the ...
In recent comments, some Federal Reserve officials have discussed the possibility of lowering the central bank's key interest ...
Jason Furman, former top economic adviser to President Obama and now at Harvard University, says the Fed's independence is important. "No president is going to do a good job at setting interest rates, ...
The Bank of Japan should be flexible and data-dependent in proceeding with any further interest-rate hikes as US tariffs ...
Donald Trump’s second term has begun with a renewed determination to curb the Federal Reserve’s treasured autonomy. Jerome ...
Amid heightened uncertainty, policymakers will need to deal with complex trade-offs between debt, slower growth, and new ...
Monday, Trump reiterated the call for the Fed to cut rates. Financial markets have reacted poorly to the attacks on the Fed’s independence. Tuesday afternoon, the President said he had “no intention” ...
The U.S. will suffer one of the largest hits to its growth prospects in a new era that will see most economies grow more slowly than previously expected, the fund said.
Kugler is carefully monitoring incoming data and the cumulative effects of policies in four areas: trade, immigration, fiscal policy, and regulation. She supports maintaining the current policy rate ...