Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president that ousting Jerome Powell entailed risks, including possible effects on ...

Without independence, the Fed couldn’t be trusted to give priority to low inflation over the president’s other priorities.

Trump and the Trump administration have increasingly turned their fire on Powell and his leadership of the central bank.

If President Donald Trump tries to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, it would almost certainly set off a courtroom ...

A firing of Jerome Powell by President Trump would likely open up a legal war never before seen in the US, without any ...

Whatever the Fed chief’s errors, canning him early would be an economic and legal mistake.