Grownups like Powell and Cook are firm, but restrained. In a piece about Powell this week the WSJ quoted one of his former colleagues as saying, “I think it is no more subtle than he wakes up every ...

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A U.S. Justice Department official urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's ...

President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on the US central bank on Wednesday with a call for Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Lisa Cook to step down as he continued to criticize Fed Chairman Jerome ...

Economists have long preferred independent central banks because they can more easily take unpopular steps to fight inflation ...

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The latest economic report comes as Federal Reserve officials gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for their annual summer retreat. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a press conference Friday morning ...

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook late Wednesday said she wouldn’t leave her post after Trump on social media called on her to resign over an accusation from one his officials that ...

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.

The U.S. Justice Department plans to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with a top official informing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of the probe and encouraging him to remove her ...

Will Jerome Powell hint at interest rate cuts at the Jackson Hole summit? Either way, it could have a big impact on Bitcoin.