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Jerome Powell’s authority at the Federal Reserve keeps chipping at the edges.
Mr Powell sees a relatively low unemployment rate and above-target inflation; the dissenters note that households are ...
The central bank kept its target rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, but two policymakers disagreed with the decision.
The central bank has defied Trump’s public criticism for months. The Fed has held interest rates steady for seven consecutive ...
Most economists agree that a central bank that sets interest rates to keep government borrowing costs low is a central bank ...
The Federal Reserve is leaving its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated ...
The president's trip to the Federal Reserve ended in a showdown with the Fed chair over the falsely inflated cost of the ...
Powell was not buying it one bit. He whipped out his glasses to read the document, and found that Trump was playing his old ...
Powell said it was "not for me to say" whether Trump's visit was tied to his demands that the Fed cut interest rates.
President Trump wants lower interest rates, but Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is not yet ready to ...
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it's too soon to say whether the ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell answers questions after the Fed’s decision to leave the Federal Funds Rate unchanged in ...