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White House ramps up pressure on Fed's Powell three weeks before next interest rate decision
President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates ...
Latest Tariff Threats Could Delay Rate Cuts, Chicago Fed’s Goolsbee Says
New tariffs unveiled by President Trump have further muddied the inflation outlook, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee ...
Why Isn't the Fed Cutting Interest Rates? What To Know
The central bank remains cautious, even as calls for rate cuts grow louder from the White House and other policymakers.
Trump Wants a 3-Point Fed Rate Decrease. But You Can't Always Get What You Want.
The right to freedom of speech allows Trump to make demands of the Fed to his heart's content. But legally, he cannot compel ...
JLS: Limited Growth Potential While Interest Rates Are High
Nuveen Mortgage and Income Fund offers a 9.7% yield with monthly payouts but poses risks tied to interest rates and discounts ...
Fed’s Waller Doubles Down on July Rate Cut: ‘It’s Not Political’
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that the central bank should consider cutting interest rates at its ...
White House Seizes on Fed Renovations as Opening to Oust Powell
A dispute over the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its headquarters could provide the pretext to attempt the removal of Fed ...
Fed's Goolsbee warns that new tariff threats could hamper rate cut hopes
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned that ...
2 Reliable Dividends In A Fed Dilemma; Up To 6% Yields
CLOs have effectively become the backbone of the loan market, accounting for ~50–70% of the demand for new leveraged loan ...
White House escalates pressure campaign on Fed chair by targeting its headquarters renovation
Trump’s top budget adviser sent Powell a letter saying Trump is “extremely troubled” by the “ostentatious overhaul.” Two ...
Trump admin live updates: OMB Director Vought says Powell has 'grossly mismanaged' the Fed
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell "has grossly ...
Two important factors are needed for the Fed to start cutting rates: RBC
Strategists at RBC Capital Markets have pushed back their expected timing for when the Federal Reserve might begin cutting interest rates, citing a few things that need to be in place before the ...