The Federal Reserve is an independent organization, meant to be insulated from politics, and the Supreme Court suggested this year that President Donald Trump would need a reason, or cause, to fire ...

Just as baseball teams decide to be "buyers" or "sellers" at midseason, households and businesses should assess their economic outlook to determine whether to spend and invest or save resources.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said she still thinks it’s reasonable for policymakers to plan on ...

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that President Donald Trump’s bid to assert control over the Federal ...

Kevin Warsh wants Powell gone. The former Fed governor, now one of Trump’s top picks to lead the central bank, didn’t dance ...

For the second consecutive week mortgage rates moved higher, as the likelihood of the Federal Reserve acting diminished after ...

The Federal Reserve's] hesitancy to cut rates, I think, is actually … quite a mark against them,” former Fed governor Kevin Warsh said.

Wall Street is hanging near its records following some better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit ...

President Donald Trump may ultimately get his wish for lower interest rates, but it isn’t likely to be the result of his ...

The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered ...

President Donald Trump, who made a television career out of saying “You’re fired!” to people, wants to say those words to ...

Monetary policymakers have held off on lower interest rates for months, citing the risk of tariff-induced inflation. Several ...