Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has steered the world’s most powerful central bank during a tumultuous period for the US ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell have clashed before, and there is a chance they will do so again in 2025. Their collision could unfold in multiple ways.

The traditional argument against a rules-based monetary policy is that it requires Fed officials to specify too many contingencies ahead of time.” Those are the words of economist Jason Furman, ...

Kenneth Rogoff worries about the incoming US administration’s plans to weaken the central bank’s independence.

In his press conference after the meeting, Fed chairman Jay Powell emphasized that since September, data on both inflation and the growth of the economy have come in somewhat stronger than ...

Heading into a new year with a new administration, policymakers project fewer cuts and somewhat more stubborn inflation.

Before that, under the leadership of Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve used "quantitative easing" four times before the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. The primary focus of the Fed ...

The Federal Reserve's plans for interest rate cuts in 2025 are up in the air as officials wait to see what policy ...

What has changed since 1974 to prevent gold from competing with and potentially disciplining the dollar's excesses? Nothing ...

A little jawboning won’t hurt, but firing Powell or designating a ‘shadow chairman’ would.

For all the buzz around artificial intelligence and the Trump Trade, the Federal Reserve continues to dominate the narrative in financial markets. Through most of 2024, that’s been a boon for asset ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell have clashed before, and there is a chance they could do so ...