In their efforts to offset tax cuts and exert more control over the Federal Reserve, some U.S. legislators have lately focused attention on an otherwise obscure element of monetary policy: The Fed, ...

Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff agenda has caused months of deep uncertainty for global markets and businesses.

Financial markets are betting the Federal Reserve sticks to its "wait and see" approach to interest rates this summer, but that by September it will have waited and seen enough to start cutting ...

SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF's small-cap focus faces risks amid macro challenges and interest rate sensitivity. See ...

Oil futures fell early Friday after the U.S. took measures to curb the trade of Iranian oil. On Thursday, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said it is taking action against ...

The latest labor market data reinforces the central bank’s wait-and-see approach to lowering borrowing costs, despite ...

Unexpectedly solid job gains in June bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold to keep ...

The Fed can’t decree credit easy or tight, and it can’t because there’s no credit by decree in the first place. Credit is ...

At least three Federal Reserve policymakers spoke out this week in favor of holding interest rates steady for the time being, ...

Simulations using a Phillips curve-type relationship provide insights into the importance of demand versus supply for ...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its decision to hold the federal funds rate steady within a target range of 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent.

The Federal Open Market Committee offered no policy surprises Wednesday, but it did offer a new note of caution in its economic forecasts: President Trump’s tariffs are producing a mild ...