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Editorial: The Fed was right to say no on interest rates
For the moment, demand is adequate and unemployment is low. This makes the White House’s view — that tight money is ...
Fed recap: Powell says no decision on September, must wait to see tariff impact on inflation
The central bank kept its target rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, but two policymakers disagreed with the decision.
Fed’s Powell sticks with patient approach to rate cuts, brushing off Trump’s demands
The chair acknowledged that if the Fed cut its rate too soon, inflation could move higher, and if it cut too late, then the ...
Tensions Between Trump and Powell at Tipping Point Ahead of Fed Meeting
President Trump wants lower interest rates, but Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is not yet ready to ...
Powell Cites Inflation Risk as Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates are in the right place to manage continued uncertainty around tariffs ...
Kugler’s sudden exit from Fed accelerates Powell succession planning: UBS
The unexpected resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler on Friday has fast-tracked the search for a successor ...
Trump Implies Departing Kugler Agreed With Him on Fed Policy. Her Speeches Suggest Otherwise.
President Donald Trump suggested late Sunday that Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler, who announced her surprise resignation ...
How a former staffer got the Fed’s renovation cost overruns onto Trump’s radar
The Washington Examiner spoke with Andrew Levin, the Dartmouth economist and former Fed official who prompted increased scrutiny of the multiyear project.