A top Federal Reserve official defended the independence of the central bank on April 20, responding to President Donald Trump’s steady drumbeat of political pressure on the agency. An ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has kept interest rates too high and that he might call the central bank chief. “I haven’t called him.

President Donald Trump has been loudly critical of Federal Reserve ... of the central bank. Today on the show, three Indicators: a short history of the Federal Reserve and why it's insulated ...