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The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision next week, and while Trump seems to expect a rate cut, the market is indicating there is almost no chance of it.
New data from the White House Council of Economic Advisers backs President Donald Trump's calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.
The Federal Reserve, one of the most notoriously tight-lipped institutions in Washington, has been suddenly thrust into an unusual situation: a high-stakes public relations battle with the White House.
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The Federal Reserve, established over a century ago, has managed its dual mandate admirably, economist Mark Zandi writes, by making decisions without political consideration.
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has made the removal of the Fed chair his personal mission.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday didn't comment on the outlook for the economy or interest rates. In his brief remarks at the start of a conference at the central bank on large bank capital standards,
Investors and policymakers are preparing for a raft of economic news next week, all while quarterly earnings season gets into full swing.
Remember the insider trading scandal at the Fed? El-Erian does, along with what he considers a series of missteps on inflation.
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Al Jazeera on MSNWhy Trump’s attacks on Jerome Powell are raising fears for the US economyThe US president’s broadsides against the Fed chair have prompted concern about the independence of the US central bank.
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The Fed chairman is likely to hold rates steady again at next week’s meeting, and that is almost certainly a mistake. But if unemployment begins to creep higher and the economy softens, Trump can