According to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the situation right now isn’t comparable to that. Inflation back then was below the Fed’s 2% target; it’s above that now, and currently there is “the ...

It also created the kind of structural bottleneck that tokenization may now be uniquely positioned ... inflation proving difficult to contain, and the Federal Reserve holding rates higher for ...

Brett Arends is an award-winning financial writer with many years experience writing about markets, economics and personal finance. He has received an individual award from the Society of American ...

The Fed also pledged to work with the other agencies to come up with new guidelines for banks looking to get involved with cryptocurrencies. The now-withdrawn policies raised several concerns about ...

Hoping that "we’re at the bottom now," Moore – who was once considered for Federal Reserve governor under Trump in 2019 – advised the central bank to keep on the "straight and narrow" path.

Now back in office, Mr. Trump has again begun berating Mr. Powell and the Fed, urging them to lower borrowing costs. But the economic circumstances today are drastically different from those of ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said he now sees just one interest-rate cut as likely this year, rather than two, with tariff hikes impeding progress on disinflation. “I ...

The Fed now expects real GDP growth to slow from its December forecast of 2.1% for 2025 to 1.7%. Growth estimates for 2026 were revised downward from 2% to 1.8%, and 2027 was lowered from 1.9% to ...

The pause was the second in as many Fed meetings so far in 2025 after the bank issued three consecutive cuts in the final months of 2024. Now, cuts will be delayed at least until the Fed meets ...

That said, as is apparent, things can change in a hurry. And while the White House might not need Fed cooperation now, it will later, with lower interest rates, if its plan to reset the economy is ...

The Fed has now stood on the economy’s sidelines for two consecutive meetings, dating to January, after an unusually busy period of interest rate increases and reductions over the previous three ...