Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has over the years steadfastly defended the central bank's independence. Most recently, he underlined at a New York Times event in December that insulating the ...

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will leave ... The decision comes after the central bank trimmed rates three times starting in September 2024, which has pushed down the federal funds ...

Manufacturing activity in the Fifth District continued to be sluggish in January though there was an overall recovery that was better than expected, survey data from the Federal Reserve Bank of ...

Investopedia / Joules Garcia Welcome to Investopedia's live blog of the Federal Reserve's January meeting ... of the Committee's goals," the central bank committee said in a statement.

The Federal Reserve, or “the Fed,” is the central bank of the U.S. and plays an outsized role in shaping the nation’s monetary policy. One of its key functions is setting interest rates.

Critics also argue that the Federal Reserve Bank violates the Constitution by being too closely tied to the private sector and lacking transparency and accountability. Some people are opposed to ...

President Donald Trump took Federal Reserve officials to task after they ... the Fed’s autonomy from politics. But the central bank opted to sit tight for now. In their news release announcing ...

The Federal Reserve ... members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and five presidents of the 12 Federal Reserve district banks: These presidents act as bank CEOs responsible for setting ...

Some political observers argue that Donald Trump and his team are simply impervious to pressure. No matter how great the outrage, the argument goes, the president and his Republican operation will ...