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.
Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, Miran argued that the Fed’s benchmark rate should be closer to two to 2.5 percent, roughly two points below its current level.
Jimmy Kimmel might have hastened his exit by spreading falsehoods about Charlie Kirk’s assassin, but he was marching toward the end long before this week.
The fight over Lisa Cook’s seat on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve turns on a deceptively simple question: does a Fed governor have a property right in exercising their power over monetary policy?
Administration argues courts shouldn’t second-guess presidential judgment when Congress gives broad removal power
The lender in two home loans made to Treasury Scott Bessent in 2007 knew they were not his primary residences.
Central bank reduces benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point in first cut of 2025, as officials navigate extraordinary political pressures and economic uncertainty.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals handed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook a temporary victory against President Trump. Here’s why the Supreme Court will likely reverse this.
The Trump administration remains unconvinced in Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s case as establishment media obtained loan estimates that are being used to claim she did not allegedly commit mortgage fraud.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) on Monday told Breitbart News that confirming White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Chairman Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board will help guide the country to “stronger domestic production” and lower trade imbalances.
A divided federal appeals court on Monday refused to let President Donald J. Trump immediately oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook, but a forceful dissent warned that the decision misapplied both constitutional law and common sense.
The Senate on Monday confirmed Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, giving President Donald Trump an influential voice inside the central bank at a critical moment for monetary policy.
