Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Wednesday laid out a pro-market vision for modernizing U.S. payments that echoes the Trump administration’s call to “re-privatize” the economy.
President Donald Trump could potentially gain a new ally on the Federal Reserve if allegations of potential mortgage fraud force Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign. Trump on Wednesday urged Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign after Federal
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign after officials accused the Fed board member of mortgage fraud.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday took several shots at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling him a “loser.”
President Donald Trump has decried the “incalculable” damage Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has done by not lowering interest rates after inflation rose less than expected from a Tuesday report.
President Donald Trump has selected Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve Board, nominating a longtime ally and critic of recent central bank policy to serve out the remainder of an expiring term.
The central bank’s future may hinge on a forgotten legal quirk—and a historical echo from 1948.
The Fed needs someone at the helm who understands how growth happens, where policy fails, and why incentives matter more than slogans. That’s Scott Bessent.
Donald Trump’s advisers are divided over how to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board, with some pushing for a short‑term appointee and others urging the president to seat a credible successor to Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) recently unveiled a paper that called for ending government policies that pressure banks to “debank” groups they find objectionable.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) stated that tariff uncertainty is “holding our economy back a tad” but “we haven’t seen any real ill effects.” And the Federal Reserve “deserves a lot
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Bottom Line,” former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore stated that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell keeping rates too high has hurt the economy and “some of the tariff turmoil that we saw…really
The July jobs report was a disaster for the American worker, the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve, and Jerome Powell.
The labor market appears to be far weaker than previously thought, with huge downward revisions to May and June, losses in manufacturing, and a rising unemployment rate.
In a wide-ranging policy event hosted by Breitbart News, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touched on everything from trade negotiations with China, to the Fed’s “Tariff Derangement Syndrome” and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s attempt to build a “Caracas on the Hudson.”
The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep interest rates unchanged, a decision which elicited two dissenting votes from the central bank’s board of governors for the first time in more than 30 years.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Breitbart policy event event on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve could use a “little imagination” to lower interest rates.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Breitbart policy event on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve is suffering not from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” but from “Tariff Derangement Syndrome.”
The Federal Reserve’s latest FOMC minutes offer a peek into the mind of an institution trying to explain why its insistence that tariffs would trigger inflation keeps misfiring.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he expects Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to soon start lowering interest rates after their meeting at the Fed on Thursday.
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump, who has been critical of cost overruns on renovations at the Federal Reserve, toured the ongoing construction there on Thursday, alongside Chairman Jerome Powell.
President Donald Trump pays a visit to the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 24.
Sales of newly built single-family homes in the United States rose slightly in June but remained well below expectations, as elevated mortgage rates and affordability concerns continued to weigh on demand. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing
The nation’s job creators are operating with one hand tied behind their backs due to the ongoing high-interest rate environment.
The monolithic thinking about tariffs and inflation at the Fed has been shattered, as Fed Governor Chris Waller shows leadership by breaking with Jerome Powell.
Waller says that tariffs will not create lasting inflation and the Fed should cut at its meeting later this month.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reacted to criticism from the White House over the cost of renovations to the Federal Reserve’s building by saying that you can’t fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over that and
In a recent series of Truth Social posts, the president made the case that the strength of the U.S. economy justifies lower interest rates.
President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the United States is officially “back” and called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.
If you were wondering how Federal Reserve officials view Donald Trump’s tariff plans, the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes make one thing perfectly clear: they all think tariffs are inflationary.
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.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) tore into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a tense Senate hearing accusing him of staying silent on Democrat-driven inflation while opposing President Trump’s trade policies and costing the U.S. government $400 billion a year.
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.
High interest rates are increasingly a drag on the housing market.
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.
