By Dr. Mike Walden One of my favorite topics, both when I was teaching at NCSU and now as I continue to speak to various groups, is the Federal Reserve. To me, the Federal Reserve —usually simply ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, just days after his ...

Most legal scholars agree that Trump can’t fire Powell from the Fed’s board of governors, and there is no legal precedent for ...

President Trump criticized Fed Chair Jerome Powell for maintaining high interest rates, suggesting he might call him. Despite ...

Trumpworld talks out of both sides of its mouth on tariffs and trade - Analysis: Trump’s tariffs might upset the tummy of ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has kept interest rates too high and that he might call the central bank chief.

Jason Furman, former top economic adviser to President Obama and now at Harvard University, says the Fed's independence is important. "No president is going to do a good job at setting interest rates, ...

Stocks closed solidly higher Wednesday, though well off their earlier highs, as investor concerns about tariffs and Federal ...

The hope along Wall Street has been that Trump would lower his tariffs after negotiating trade deals with other countries, ...

On April 17, Joyce Chang, JPMorgan chair of global research, appeared on CNBC’s ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ to talk about ...

Mr Trump’s ultimate desire is not in doubt. The Fed has cut rates by only a percentage point since September, to 4.25-4.5%.

The president appears to be pulling punches on the triple-digit tariffs he announced earlier this month, saying the duty rate ...