while lower rates typically stimulate the economy as companies loosen their belt and spend more freely thanks to cheaper loans. The Fed operates on a dual mandate system to keep inflation ...

As per on-chain analytical firm Nansen, the Fed might leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged, and data from the CME shows markets have priced in a 99% probability of a pause. This ...

However, the timing for this has become highly uncertain, owing to the tariff shock. Fed Chair Jerome Powell is not one to speculate, and he held an especially reticent press conference after the ...

The Fed kept its rate at 4.3% for the third straight meeting, after cutting it three times in a row at the end of last year. Many economists and Wall Street investors still expect the Fed will ...

I recently wrote this article about Trump appointing a shadow Fed president, a strategy that could neutralize Powell’s impact until he leaves his position. In an interview Sunday, Trump said ...

The Fed is an independent government agency established by Congress. President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging the central bank to lower ...

Trump calls for a decrease in interest rates as the Fed looks at what might need to happen to combat inflation. The next Fed meeting to discuss interest rates isn't until May. Trump looks forward ...

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.

For the Fed, the new trade policies threaten to disrupt both sides of what it calls its dual mandate — keeping prices stable and unemployment low — by supercharging inflation while also bringing ...

President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, accusing Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell of “playing politics” and of acting too slowly to respond to ...

Federal Reserve (Fed) Board of Governors Vice Chair Philip Jefferson had the dubious honor of being the first high-profile Fed speaker out of the gate after the Trump administration's tariff ...

PHOENIX — Fourteen suspects accused of conspiracy around straw purchases of firearms were charged in a 20-count indictment on Wednesday, according to authorities. Thirteen of the individuals ...