Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged this week that such a situation would pose a challenge for the Fed. The Federal Reserve has a playbook for fighting inflation, and another for ...

Philly Fed manufacturing index improves in August, in line with forecast By Investing.com - Aug 18, 2016 Investing.com - Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia-region recovered as expected in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year even as it sees inflation staying ...

President Trump again pressed the Federal Reserve to cut interbank lending rates as the administration’s sweeping tariffs are set to resume next month. “The Fed would be MUCH better off ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis and a ...

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar edged higher Thursday, bouncing from near five-month lows in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy-setting meeting, while sterling edged lower after ...

Trump's comments came hours after the Fed opted to hold interest rates steady. President Donald Trump late Wednesday criticized the Federal Reserve, urging the central bank to reduce interest ...

These were some of the main stories: Trump says Fed should cut rates as tariff push heats up: President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates, splitting with the US ...

President Trump is urging the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates earlier in the year to “ease” the economy into his system of tariffs on foreign goods. In an overnight Truth Social post ...

This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — a division of the Federal Reserve responsible for setting monetary policy — met once again to evaluate the health of the economy and make ...

Investors piled back into equities on Thursday, buoyed by the prospect of more rate cuts as soon as May after the US Federal Reserve appeared more willing to lower borrowing costs than some in the ...