The Federal Reserve, which is the central bank of the United States, is designed to operate independently from government. In his 2021 book, Hassett criticized Trump's 2018 threat to fire Powell ...

President Donald Trump repeated his attacks Monday against the chair of the Federal Reserve, demanding that the central bank lower its key interest rate to boost the economy. Trump called Powell “a ...

This photo provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago shows Anna Paulson. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has chosen Anna Paulson, a top official at the Chicago Fed ...

President Trump said Tuesday he has "no intention of firing" Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, one day after the president called Powell a "major loser" and publicly lobbied the central bank ...

Yesterday’s edition of this newsletter cautioned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to intervene in the Federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has chosen Anna Paulson, a top official at the Chicago Fed, to serve as its next president. Paulson, 60, will replace Patrick Harker on ...

US markets slumped on Monday (April 21) amid renewed political pressure on the Federal Reserve and a lack of progress in ...

When Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato meets his U.S. counterpart Scott Bessent in Washington this week, the yen is ...

A top Federal Reserve official defended the independence of the central bank on April 20, responding to President Donald Trump’s steady drumbeat of political pressure on the agency. An ...

The US dollar continues to see a bit of pressure on Thursday morning, as the markets continue to trade based on the idea of a ...