Maybe the next stage is creating a shadow Fed president to undercut the Fed Chair. I will present this theory in straightforward terms, as it can become relevant if trade agreements falter and the ...

President Trump once again went after the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, saying at a rally in Michigan that "I have a Fed person who is not really doing a good job." It was an apparent reference to ...

Most economists don't expect the Fed to cut the short-term federal funds rate, which influences many other interest rates charged to consumers and businesses, in just a few days. The central bank ...

Fed policy makers who meet next week to discuss the trajectory of interest rates will have to weigh the results of those reports with the expectation that tariffs could cause consumer prices to rise.

He has insisted, however that he has “no intention” to try to fire the Fed chair who has some time still left in his term. “Interest rates came down despite the fact that I have a Fed person ...

Trump’s Fed Threats Damage the Economy “If I want him out, he would be out.” That’s how President Donald Trump recently described his authority over Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...

Donald Trump thinks it’s time for Republican lawmakers to stop playing nice with town hall disruptors. The president told Republican lawmakers to take a harsher stance against “infiltrators ...

To wit, what is the proper role of the Fed, and has it exceeded its writ in ways that compromise its independence? That’s one of the subjects former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh took up ...

US manufacturers are increasingly worried about a recession, a recent Fed survey shows. Manufacturers said uncertainty from tariffs is negatively impacting business planning and sales. The survey ...

President Donald Trump has never shied away from criticizing the Federal Reserve, but his latest campaign to pressure Fed Chair Jerome Powell may be the clearest signal yet that the Fed still has ...

Thousands of Scots fed-up with the soaring cost of living and rising poverty are set to march on Holyrood later this year. The Scotland Demands Better campaign, which brings together trade unions ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Logan Riely/Getty Images/J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press ...