For decades now experts and non-experts alike have bemoaned the fact that in the West educational standards and ...

To grow old is to disabuse ourselves of the concept of that everlasting, unconditional love spoon-fed to us fresh out the womb by Disney animated films and anatomically incorrect Mattel dolls.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday discussed the Fed's framework review, a twice-a-decade look at the central bank's monetary-policy strategy. He said the Fed was in the process of ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the economy may be entering a period of ‘more frequent’ supply shocks. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the ...

Treasuries gained as a fresh spate of economic data offered signs of ebbing economic activity and dimming inflation, supporting bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates twice this year.

Prices climbed at an unexpectedly slow pace last month, offering a boost to President Donald Trump, whose aggressive trade policies have sparked fears of a resurgence in inflation. The Labor ...

President Donald Trump repeated calls for the Fed to cut rates after April's CPI data. "No Inflation, and Prices of Gasoline, Energy, Groceries, and practically everything else, are DOWN!!!" Yet ...

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials feel they need to reconsider the key elements around both jobs and inflation in their current approach to monetary policy, given the ...

DUBLIN — The US-China deal to lower the most aggressive import tariffs between the world's two largest economies could lessen the impact of their trade war, though the levies left in place are still ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Economists and pundits have at times reacted negatively to President Trump’s demands that Chairman Jerome Powell decree ...