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President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the United States is officially “back” and called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Wednesday said he would look into Trump administration calls to investigate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for “political bias” and “deceptive” testimony.

“I don’t even know why we have the Fed,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, laying out the issues with the Federal Reserve and noting that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “should be gone.”

Durable goods prices—the category most directly exposed to international trade—were flat month-over-month, showing zero growth after a 0.5 percent gain in April.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s belief that tariffs will push prices higher might be based on a new working paper from the Boston Fed that relies on a flawed model.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday during a congressional hearing said the nation’s central bank felt compelled to address policies around “reputational risk,” noting that “debanking” is a “serious problem.”

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Wednesday, June 25.

The Fed chair once warned against using speculative forecasts to drive policy. Now he’s doing exactly that.

Fed chair tells lawmakers inflation could rise again due to Trump’s tariffs, keeping rate cuts on hold for now.

For much of this year, the Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady after a series of cuts in late 2024. But that fragile consensus may be breaking.

Bowman’s comments come just days after Fed Governor Christopher Waller also said he could support a July cut. T

President Trump has a rare opportunity to break the cycle of the Fed’s bureaucratic groupthink. Here are three decisive moves he can make.

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that the central bank could begin lowering interest rates as soon as next month, arguing that inflation has cooled and that policymakers should not wait for the labor market to weaken before acting.

Thursday on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” host Larry Kudlow discussed the Federal Reserve’s “groupthink” on tariffs and inflation. Kudlow said, “Other war, as Breitbart’s John Carney put it. The Federal Reserve has gone to war against tariffs. Now, unlike the

The Federal Reserve announced definitively on Wednesday that President Trump’s tariff policies are forcing a more aggressive stance on inflation.

The President joked that maybe he should appoint himself to the Fed.

As speculation builds over who might eventually succeed Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he is not seeking the role and remains focused on his current post.

President Donald Trump met Thursday with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the White House and urged the central bank to lower interest rates.

Ruling strengthens president’s control of federal agencies and limits legal tactics aimed at blocking White House agenda

Trump is keeping up the pressure on the Fed to cut rates.

Household sentiment weakens as income expectations fall and job fears rise, supporting Trump’s call for rate cuts

President Donald Trump once again took aim at Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday, apparently unhappy with the central bank’s decision Wednesday to hold its interest rate benchmark steady.

The Federal Reserve looked past the recently reported economic contraction in the first three months of the year, describing economic growth as solid when officials agreed to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday. “Although swings in net exports have affected

The Fed is stuck between crosscurrents: too strong to ease, too shaky to hike. The best they can do is what they’ve been doing—waiting for the fog to lift.

Removing Jerome Powell as Fed chair might not give Trump the interest rate cuts he wants.

President Donald Trump has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he called a “major loser” in a Truth Social post on Monday.

President Trump has been calling for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates, arguing that its policy is too tight for a slowing economy. Investors increasingly seem to agree with Trump.

“He’s always been too late,” the president wrote, adding that Powell is a “major loser” whose decisions appear politically motivated.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said she is “glad” to publicly blast Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and say he would be responsible for job losses. But “If Chairman Powell can be

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blasted President Donald Trump, saying the return of American manufacturing is a “pipe dream.”

President Donald Trump on Friday called for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, contending it is the “perfect time” to do so. 

The persistence of inflation above the Fed’s 2 percent target underscores that price pressures are building before the newly announced tariffs on imports have taken effect.

The Expectations Index — a gauge of how consumers view future income, business, and labor market conditions — plummeted to 65.2, the lowest level in 12 years.

The Federal Reserve’s latest projections show that tariffs are not the primary driver of higher inflation forecasts.

President Donald Trump is demanding the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, escalating a high-stakes clash between the White House and the central bank as his administration prepares to unleash a new wave of tariffs.

Both Democrat members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a shocking move that may have “major implications for the independence of the Fed,” according to a former official.