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High interest rates are increasingly a drag on the housing market.

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

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.

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.

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, holding steady at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent for a second consecutive meeting.

Citigroup accidentally credited a client’s account with a staggering $81 trillion last April, a blunder that could hamper the bank’s efforts to convince regulators it has addressed longstanding operational deficiencies.

The New York Fed’s survey shows a lot of inflationary pressure in the factory sector.

Heads exploded across the establishment financial press on Wednesday when President Donald Trump proclaimed that tariffs and lower rates go hand in hand.

The Fed cut rates three times under Biden, but now that Trump is in office, Powell says there’s ‘no hurry’ to cut further.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee on Tuesday, February 11.

Jerome Powell did a fine job at his press conference Wednesday of staying out of the way of politics despite being peppered with questions from reporters practically begging him to weigh in against President Donald Trump’s policies.

Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged in their first policy decision of 2025. “Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. The unemployment rate has stabilized at a low level in recent months,

President Donald Trump’s signature bravado was on full display at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week as he vowed to “demand” lower interest rates from the Federal Reserve.