Rep. Frank Lucas is exploring legislation to ensure the Federal Reserve remains independent of political influence, amid ...

Critics warn that the tariffs will drive up consumer prices and fuel inflation. In theory, the Fed should respond only to demand shocks, unexpected events affecting the demand for goods and services.

Investors are entering a data-heavy week as inflation readings, Fed commentary, and a series of high-profile earnings reports set the tone for near-term market direction. With consumer sentiment ...

Fed policymakers are likely to continue holding rates steady despite a cooler reading on inflation for the month of March, due to the risk that prices could pick back up in the coming months as ...

If confirmed to oversee bank regulation at the Fed, Bowman said she would work ... and bank supervisors provide clear guidelines for the institutions they monitor. "The U.S. regulatory framework ...

Federal Reserve officials are prepared to hold their policy rate steady to minimize the risk that President Donald Trump’s tariffs trigger a persistent rise in inflation, even if the labor ...

If that was a relief to markets — major indexes rose 6% or more and investors cut the expected number of Fed rate cuts this year to 3 from 4 — it highlighted the very uncertainty the minutes ...

It involves the Fed printing more Dollars and using them to buy high grade bonds from financial institutions. QE usually weakens the US Dollar. What is Quantitative Tightening (QT) and how does it ...

The minutes of the U.S. central bank’s mid-March meeting, released on Wednesday, showed that Fed officials already felt they were operating in a thickening cloud of uncertainty that had the ...

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday. “In my view, the hurdle to change the federal funds rate one way or the other has increased due to the tariffs,” Kashkari said in a blog ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said recently that the U.S. economy will likely face a period of higher prices and weaker growth owing to President Trump’s new tariffs. Photo: Tierney L.

“They are in a no-win situation," said Laurence Meyer, a former Fed governor. Congress has charged the Fed with keeping inflation low and stable while maintaining a healthy labor marke ...