The Federal Reserve, established over a century ago, has managed its dual mandate admirably, economist Mark Zandi writes, by ...

President Trump floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell — whom he first appointed Federal Reserve chair — earlier this week, after years of on-and-off criticism over interest rates.

On Thursday afternoon, just before golden hour, President Donald Trump threw a white hardhat over his flaxen coif and strode ...

The Reserve Bank’s surprise decision to hold rates in July shocked the market. But a new survey finds its credibility has ...

Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Loretta Mester says it's important that the Fed stays independent ...

“It’s by now widely agreed, almost all over the world: If you leave monetary policy in political hands, you’ll get too much ...

President Trump has railed against the Fed’s insular approach to setting financial policy — but he can bring some common sense to federal economic management.

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

The Federal Reserve is an independent organization, meant to be insulated from politics, and the Supreme Court suggested this year that President Donald Trump would need a reason, or cause, to fire ...

The project has exceeded its initial budget. But what the Trump adminstration really wants is lower interest rates.

President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says ...