Fed chair faults Trump tariffs for 'good part' of inflation The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, faulting President Donald Trump's tariffs for a portion of recent price ...

Homeowners considering a HELOC should be prepared to make certain strategic moves now, before the next formal Fed rate cut. Getty Images/iStockphoto While there's little expectation that the ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee at the time to lead the Fed, moves to the podium at the White House (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his extraordinary and targeted verbal attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling for a massive 2.5-point reduction in interest rates.

The Federal Reserve needs to be hit with the intellectual version of a B-2 bomber or a DOGE-like intervention. Our central bank is behaving badly. It won’t reduce interest rates, in no small ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was put on the spot Thursday when he didn't definitively rule out becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve. The post ‘That Was Not a No!’ Trump’s ...

Mr. Powell, who testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, said that the Fed was in no rush to take any policy action given that the labor market remains solid, inflation ...

Mr. Trump has argued that the government would save “billions” if the Fed lowered interest rates, calling for as much as an immediate 2.5-percentage-point decline.

Fed independence derives from important statutory protections. One of these is the appointment of the central bank’s governors for 14-year terms on a staggered basis.

The Tell Here’s how the stock market tends to react to Fed decisions — and how a twist this week could change that Financial markets will be closed Thursday for Juneteenth holiday By William Watts ...