The shot heard ’round the world was not fired by President Donald Trump but by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who insisted he was merely defending his territory from an unwelcome intrusion of Justice Department interferers.
Jerome Powell’s decision to publicly attack the Trump administration could give President Trump the opportunity to appoint a leader of the Federal Reserve without Senate approval.
The chairs of a dozen European central banks responded to Powell’s declaration of war on the U.S. President by declaring “full solidarity”.
Jerome Powell has decided he is under assault from the Trump administration and has issued a declaration of war.
Powell claimed, without evidence, that the inquries into the renovations and his congressional testimony were merely “pretexts” for political interference in monetary policy.
President Donald Trump touted 4.2 percent gross domestic product growth for quarter three on Tuesday, significantly outperforming expectations, but said stock markets no longer rise due to good news.
The answer to the affordability crisis lies in the devaluation of currency, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran delivered a speech Monday taking apart the tariff-inflation panic.
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran argued Monday that inflation is significantly closer to the central bank’s two percent target than official measures suggest, making the case for faster interest rate cuts while systematically dismantling claims that tariffs are driving price
This is the Breitbart Business Digest weekly wrap, in which we coincidentally run through the economic and financial news of the previous seven days.
The Federal Reserve’s latest Summary of Economic Projections reveals that the inflation hawks have stood down, and Fed Governor Christopher Waller was right all along.
Until very recently, there was lots of talk on Wall Street and among Federal Reserve officials of the danger of inflation expectations becoming “unanchored” due to tariff-induced price increases.
Consumer inflation expectations held steady in November while perceptions of job security reached their strongest level of the year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations released Monday.
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran in a speech in November detailed how he believes that stablecoins might help lead America’s financial “reboot,” which may lower interest rates.
Core PCE inflation holds steady as consumer expectations improve heading into final Fed meeting of 2025.
The Fed Will Cut Next Week The Federal Reserve is all but certain to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week, bringing the federal funds rate down to a range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent. Markets are pricing
The man Trump calls a “stubborn ox” might prove stubborn enough to stick around when his term as Fed chairman expires, operating as a kind of monetary policy resistance leader for the next two years.
This week, the government finally revealed the September jobs data, and we learned about the mysterious resignation of yet another Fed official.
Tariffs paired with immigration policy, capital policy, and monetary policy are tools for breaking a low-wage equilibrium and pushing the economy toward more capital, more productivity, higher real wages, and a cooler price path.
The new San Francisco Fed paper on tariffs opens the door for using customs duties in a way that the economics profession has almost never considered: as a macroeconomic policy tool.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would “love to fire” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he has long criticized for what he sees as a failure to cut interest rates fast enough.
The Federal Reserve spent 2025 worried about the wrong problem, mistakenly holding back on rate cuts out of fear that Trump’s tariffs are an inflation threat.
A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco suggests that the economic establishment’s narrative that tariffs drive up inflation is wrong.
The Federal Reserve released research proving its own rate-holding decision was based on a theoretical mistake.
Federal Reserve hawks may be on the verge of making a reckless bet based on incomplete information.
Yesterday we explored how the battle over rate cuts has scrambled old alliances inside the Federal Reserve. Today we look closer at what’s driving that split and what it means for markets.
Donald Trump gained an unexpected ally Monday in his fight with the Federal Reserve: Governor Lisa Cook, the Fed official he attempted to fire this summer.
The Federal Reserve reduced its interest rate benchmark by a quarter-point for a second time this year on Wednesday, bringing the short-term borrowing rate to a range of 3.75 percent to four percent.
A new paper from researchers at the Boston Fed warns of another inflation surge. But their warning rests on questionable measurement choices, contradictory data, and a misleading citation of academic research.
The St. Louis Federal Reserve released a study claiming that Trump’s tariffs added roughly 0.5 percentage points to consumer inflation. There’s just one problem: the study didn’t actually show that.
Trump’s immigration policy is pressuring Texas employers to raise wages, recruit sidelined Americans, and invest in productivity-boosting technology, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Minutes show a central bank torn between members who see inflation as largely vanquished and those who believe the fight has “stalled,” and split on whether the economy needs a gentle policy adjustment or aggressive stimulus.
The Supreme Court declined Wednesday to immediately remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position, leaving her in place at least until the justices hear arguments in the case in January.
The Labor Department said it would suspend publication of the monthly jobs report and other major economic data if the government shuts down, including the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index, cutting off critical information for businesses, investors and
Core inflation slowed down in August, the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge showed Friday, suggesting President Trump’s tariffs are not creating significant price pressures for American households.
A bipartisan who’s who of the economic establishment has fired a fusillade of foolscap at the Supreme Court, insisting that President Trump must not be allowed to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
A bipartisan roster of former Treasury secretaries, Federal Reserve chairs and other senior economic policymakers asked the Supreme Court to stop President Donald Trump from removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, warning that the central bank’s independence and the economy’s stability
When economists talk about immigration, they usually focus on jobs, wages, or fiscal costs. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran wants to add another dimension: interest rates.
Federal Reserve officials are sharply divided over how aggressively to cut interest rates, with some warning that the central bank risks falling dangerously behind in addressing a deteriorating labor market while others remain focused on stubborn inflation that has persisted well above target for more than four years.
The September purchasing managers’ indexes from S&P Global showed companies in manufacturing and services reported sharply higher input costs, which they primarily attributed to tariffs. But weak demand and fierce competition prevented most from raising prices, leading to the weakest goods inflation since January.
