The US president’s broadsides have raised fears for the independence of the Federal Reserve. United States President Donald ...

University of Michigan economist and former Obama White House advisor Betsey Stevenson issued a stark warning about the ...

Mr. Bernanke and Ms. Yellen are both economists and former chairs of the Federal Reserve. As former chairs of the Federal ...

Changing the way the Federal Reserve operates or assesses the economy may have a more durable impact on policy and markets ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Federal Reserve's vital independence on monetary policy is threatened by its ...

It is becoming clear what the major challenge will be for Jerome Powell's successor: maintaining the Fed's independence while ...

If U.S. President Donald Trump's public attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have achieved one thing, it has been ...

Kevin Hassett's Trump-era makeover is fueling questions about the independence of the Federal Reserve as he emerges as a leading contender to succeed Jerome H. Powell as chair.

Trump has criticized Powell for months because the chair has kept the short-term interest rate the Fed controls at 4.3% this ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve should set its benchmark interest rate at 1% to ...

The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst.

In the 1930s and 1970s, the Fed lost its way, and the economy went off the rails. Those experiences demonstrated that without an effective central bank, the US economy suffers, sometimes ...