Appointing a candidate trusted by markets to lead an independent central bank is the best path to lower borrowing costs.

Fed governors, including the chair, are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. But members of the FOMC ...

Fed policy actions contradict its stated rule to focus on the mandate most out of balance, undermining credibility and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Recent national and global surveys of business executives have highlighted the U.S. Federal Reserve's dilemma in determining if slowing growth or inflation is the greater risk to ...

On Monday, stocks slipped across the board after Trump announced a sweeping new round of tariffs on imports from South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos and Myanmar. According to ...

The Fed's balance sheet meanwhile has come down from a peak of close to $9 trillion to $6.7 trillion due to the Fed's quantitative tightening policy. All else being equal, if the Fed reduces the ...

Is the Fed done bailing out the stock market? In this breakdown, Jerome Powell makes it clear the Fed won’t step in if ...

Trump's criticism of Jerome Powell comes as his tariff policies begin impacting markets. By focusing blame on the Fed, Trump ...

The president's next pick for Federal Reserve chair, whom he pledged would be "somebody that wants to cut rates," is likely ...

Can Americans trust economic data from the Trump administration? Broadly speaking, there are two angles to this that are ...

Tariffs are center stage for investors this week, although the White House has extended the pause on so-called reciprocal ...

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