The Federal Reserve looked past the recently reported economic contraction in the first three months of the year, describing economic growth as solid when officials agreed to hold interest rates ...
Trump’s Fed Problem Is Bigger Than Powell President Donald Trump has never been shy about calling out Jerome Powell. Now speculation is mounting that Trump might go even further by ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said the White House will start interviewing candidates this fall to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May 2026. Bessent, speaking with Bloomberg TV during ...
Powell Refuses to Take the Media’s Tariff Panic Bait The financial press is hyperventilating about Trump’s tariffs, but the Federal Reserve’s latest Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) makes clear the ...
Shares rose across the board Wednesday, extending gains later in the session after the Federal Reserve weighed in at the close of its two-day March meeting. The central bank left ...
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, holding steady at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent for a second consecutive meeting as officials signaled that inflation remains ...
How Tariffs Could Push the Fed to Cut Rates Heads exploded across the establishment financial press on Wednesday when President Donald Trump proclaimed that tariffs and lower rates go hand ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers Tuesday that the central bank sees little urgency to lower interest rates, citing a resilient labor market and lingering inflation risks. The comments ...
Powell Sticks to His Lane, Frustrating Reporters Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell did a fine job at his press conference Wednesday of staying out of the way of politics despite ...
Trump Wants Lower Rates But Surging Economic Optimism Will Put Fed on Hold President Donald Trump’s signature bravado was on full display at the World Economic Forum in Davos this ...
