President Donald Trump wants to lower interest rates to approximately zero, a change that could goose the economy in the short term but in the long term would lead to roaring inflation. Federal ...

After the resignation of Adriana Kugler, Stephen Miran, current Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, and architect ...

Donald Trump’s desire to remove Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve is unlikely to alter Fed decision making or ...

Bill Pulte runs a little-known agency that regulates the mortgage industry and does not sit on President Donald Trump’s ...

The Fed chairman fixates on the possible effects of tariffs but has said nothing about other tax hikes.

Amid this pressure, Mohamed El-Erian is calling on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to call it quits — becoming one of the ...

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Jerome Powell, US Federal Reserve Chair, studied politics at Princeton, not economics. His background in law, politics, and ...

President Donald Trump has for months tried to pressure Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to resign from his post if he doesn't cut interest rates.

President Donald Trump’s economic policies have sparked controversy and uncertainty, with a recent jobs report fueling ...

Brutal job and inflation reports have the president firing the messenger. But the message is clear.

The U.S. labor market is much weaker than policymakers realized, with U.S. employers pulling back sharply on hiring especially in May and June, as they grapple with uncertainty fueled by Trump ...