The debate over the Federal Reserve's reluctance to lower rates has intensified recently. Those hoping that the Fed would ...

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 ...

Recession worries are building once again, as some consumers fear the prospects of higher prices and continued high interest ...

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

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

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

A pair of key reports — the monthly jobs report and another on consumer prices — will be critical in determining the central ...

Now, with the most recent CPI reading (for May 2025) coming in at an annualized rate of just 2.4%, the Fed has penciled in ...

The administration and its supporters are fond of blaming the Fed for economic problems. They should concentrate, instead, on fixing the nation's fiscal problems.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified that the U.S. economy is in a "solid position" with unemployment relatively low and ...