Donald Trump is no Nixon. For Fed watchers, that message seemed to hit home last week, when Trump abruptly backed off his sharp attacks on Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell, after his social media posts ...

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 ...

Some policy analysts and observers see the Fed's disparate treatment of its authorities as a pragmatic choice. Facing pressure on multiple fronts, Karen Petrou, managing partner at Federal Financial ...

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee defended the Fed's independence, stating that political pressure undermines its credibility. While Trump appointed Powell, legal experts suggest he cannot ...

In a speech full of long-standing criticisms but short on specifics for what he would do differently, Warsh said he believes in the Fed's "operational independence" but argued it has gone beyond ...

Trump’s demand that the Fed lower interest rates could undermine investors’ confidence in the next Fed chair, economists and former U.S. policymakers say. Investors could question whether ...

President Trump is openly mulling the termination of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who won't give Trump the interest rate cuts he wants. If Trump really wants lower rates, however, the best person to ...

The Fed ultimately did cut rates but not because of Mr. Trump’s jawboning. The president’s trade war with China risked roiling the U.S. economy so significantly that the Fed moved pre ...

US President argued Fed should have lowered rates already and should do so now Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. President Donald Trump said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s termination ...

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.