Top Federal Reserve official defends central bank’s independence in wake of Trump win
Andriana Kugler, a member of the Fed’s board, says economic research shows that an independent central bank typically does a ...
Powell 'certainly' intends to stay at Fed until chairmanship ends
Jay Powell on Thursday once again reinforced his intention to serve out his term as chair of the Federal Reserve while making ...
Fed chair’s job security depends on embattled Supreme Court precedent
As speculation continues to simmer about whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump might try to fire Federal Reserve Chair ...
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Fed's Waller: SCOTUS rulings should delay interchange rule
The Federal Reserve Board's top payments official said the agency should not move forward with its push to lower the cap on ...
Jerome Powell in Dallas: Politics would be ‘distraction’ to Federal Reserve goals
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell earned his largest round of applause from his Dallas audience when he rebuffed a ...
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Examining the Performance of FOMC Inflation Forecasts
Calendar-year inflation forecasts from Federal Open Market Committee meeting participants typically start near 2% and then ...
Trump has threatened to fire the chair of the US Federal Reserve. That could be bad news for inflation
Dismissing Jerome Powell would be a serious breach of long-standing norms of central bank independence. That doesn’t mean we ...
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A Deep Dive into the Drivers of CPI Inflation: Introducing Our New Data Page
Our new data page, CPI Inflation Contributions from Goods and Services, details the evolution of inflation using the consumer ...
Fed's Powell Declines to Say if He Would Remain After Chair Term Expires
Presidents typically do not wait for the current chair's term to expire before nominating a successor or renominating the ...
Powell says Fed will likely cut rates cautiously given persistent inflation pressures
Economists expect the Fed to announce another quarter-point rate cut in December, after a quarter-point reduction last week ...
Fed’s Powell: Rate cuts are still underway
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that interest rates are still expected to decline further, but suggested they might not be that much lower over the next few months.