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In a speech on Sunday, the Fed chair, who has been subject to extensive criticism by President Donald Trump, defended the central bank’s decision to cut its key interest rate to nearly zero.
Every five years the Federal Reserve reconsiders its framework for monetary policy. This time it will have to consider ...
Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve Chairman, has voiced his concerns about the economic repercussions of President Donald ...
Director William Pulte urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to reinstate the central bank's interest rate cuts.
Behind the scenes, officials at the Federal Reserve were just as uncertain about the economy's trajectory as they were in ...
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) took to social media Monday to tell Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the economy may be entering a period of more volatile inflation and ...
Forthcoming changes to the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting framework are unlikely to influence officials’ current decisions.
"Many estimates of the longer-run level of the policy rate have risen, including those in the summary of economic projections," Powell said. "Higher real rates may also reflect the possibility ...
The Fed’s processes are designed to minimize the cost of capital while the president’s tactics seem to be raising it - who’s ...
Powell said Thursday that longer-term interest rates are likely to be higher as the economy changes and policy is in flux.
While acknowledging “the economic environment has changed significantly since 2020,” Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell ...