President Trump renewed his criticism on Thursday of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling him a “fool” and complaining that the Fed is refusing to lower interest rates.

The Fed said it will maintain the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%, where it's been parked since the central bank last moved to lower short-term rates in December.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he has never asked for a meeting with any U.S. president—and never would. “There's never a reason for me to ask for a meeting. It's always been the ...

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 ...

Trump has called on the Fed to lower rates, despite its political independence. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just weeks after President Donald Trump intensified ...

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 ...

Trump has called on the Fed to lower interest rates, but the independent central bank seems unlikely to fold under the political pressure. The Fed is expected to lower rates starting in July as ...

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 ...

Trump took to Truth Social Friday morning to again call on the Fed to cut rates. Trump claimed there's "no inflation," but prices are still rising. Consumer prices rose 2.4% year-over-year in ...

Donald Trump is no Nixon. For Fed watchers, that message seemed to hit home last week, when Trump abruptly backed off his sharp attacks on Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell, after his social media posts ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack, in a Wednesday night speech, said keeping the balance sheet too large incentivizes risk taking in the private sector, while shedding too many ...