Austan Goolsbee, the Chicago Fed chief, defended the central bank's independence in a Sunday morning talk-show interview.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned against efforts to curtail the central bank’s independence, ...

The Federal Reserve is complicated and carries out numerous functions.

[WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Austan Goolsbee warned against efforts to curtail the US central bank’s independence, days after President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure ...

The president’s attacks on Powell could put a “shadow of suspicion” over whomever Trump picks as the next Fed chair.

The debate over the Fed's independence is not only a matter of economic policy but also of broader implications for US governance. Goolsbee warned that any move to politicize the central bank ...

Wall Street stocks and the dollar tumbled in morning trading on Monday amid mounting uncertainty over the US economy ... about the Federal Reserve’s independence”. The central bank has so ...

But today’s turbulence is exactly why the US can’t do without central bank autonomy. US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is pushing back against President Donald Trump after deftly avoiding ...

A top Federal Reserve official defended the independence of the central bank on April 20, responding to President Donald Trump’s steady drumbeat of political pressure on the agency. An interviewer on ...

Mr Trump launched a series of public attacks against the Fed chief on April 17. Mr Powell’s potential removal is likely to erode investor confidence as the US central bank’s independence is ...