Breitbart Business Digest: How the Fed Destroyed Its Own Independence
From Conventions to Crisis: The Breakdown of Federal Reserve Independence How did we get here? This week saw a series of unprecedented events that may signal the end of the ...
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Powell Relents: Fed Chair Opens Door To September Rate Cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday signaled that the central bank could lower interest rates as soon as its meeting next month. Powell, speaking at the Kansas City Fed’s ...
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Inflation Mirage Meets the PMI Reality
The Inventory Inflation Lag Story Slouches Toward Oblivion The Federal Reserve has been telling us for months that tariffs are inflationary. This isn’t a tentative hypothesis—it’s treated as revealed wisdom, ...
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Family Feud Comes to the Tetons
Powell Heads to The Mountains By the time Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell climbs the stage at Jackson Hole this Friday, the familiar choreography will be missing one element: consensus. ...
Two Fed dissenters appeared alone in favoring rate cut as tariff debate simmers: meeting minutes
The two Federal Reserve policymakers who dissented against the central bank decision’s to leave interest rates unchanged last month appear not to have been joined by other policymakers in voicing support for lowering rates at ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump considered re-appointing Janet Yellen as Fed chair
President Trump has a “very open mind” about who should replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and he’s even considered Janet Yellen for the post, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed ...
Trump admin considering two new candidates to be next Fed chair: report
President Trump’s team is reviewing new contenders to lead the Federal Reserve once Chair Jerome Powell’s term ends in May, including a longtime economic consultant and a past regional Fed president, the ...
Federal Reserve Consensus Cracks as Two Board Members Vote Against Keeping Interest Rates Unchanged
The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep interest rates unchanged, a decision which elicited two dissenting votes from the central bank’s board of governors for the first time in more ...
Scott Bessent at Breitbart Policy Event: Fed Suffering from ‘Tariff Derangement Syndrome’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Breitbart policy event on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve is suffering not from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” but from “Tariff Derangement Syndrome.” Breitbart News ...
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Make-It-Up-as-You-Go Tariff Inflation Theory
When Tariff Inflation Went Missing, the Fed Invented a New Theory to Explain It The Federal Reserve’s latest minutes give us more than monetary policy tea leaves. They offer a ...
