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The president wants to get rid of the Fed chair—if the markets will let him. We all have to hope he won’t gamble on that.
Mr Powell sees a relatively low unemployment rate and above-target inflation; the dissenters note that households are ...
Jerome Powell’s authority at the Federal Reserve keeps chipping at the edges.
The dollar flirted with a two-month peak on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stuck to his patient approach ...
The Federal Reserve is leaving its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated ...
The Federal Reserve's decision to avoid signaling imminent rate cuts despite relentless political pressure underscores its ...
Powell was not buying it one bit. He whipped out his glasses to read the document, and found that Trump was playing his old ...
The central bank has said Trump’s tariffs are making it difficult for it to lower rates, something that would otherwise be ...
Powell said it was "not for me to say" whether Trump's visit was tied to his demands that the Fed cut interest rates.
President Trump wants lower interest rates, but Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is not yet ready to ...
The central bank has defied Trump’s public criticism for months. The Fed has held interest rates steady for seven consecutive ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell answers questions after the Fed’s decision to leave the Federal Funds Rate unchanged in ...