On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to a question on whether Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook should step down if she is found guilty of mortgage fraud by saying that the allegations
Measured against the history, the text, and the institutional logic, the legal ground in the Lisa Cook dispute tilts toward presidential discretion, not judicial oversight of central bank staffing.
The Federal Reserve issued its first response Wednesday to President Trump’s attempt to remove Gov. Lisa Cook, stopping short of backing her planned court challenge or directly criticizing the president’s action.
When President Donald J. Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa D. Cook this week, he touched off an immediate debate about what the law means when it says a Fed governor can be removed only “for cause.” Supporters
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s attempt to overturn her removal faces long odds.
President Donald Trump fired Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook on Monday over allegations of mortgage fraud.
President Donald Trump on Friday said he will fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she does not resign after she was accused of mortgage fraud.
Fed chairman Jerome Powell signaled on Friday that the central bank could be ready to cut interest rates as soon as next month.
America’s factories are humming, demand is solid, and prices are rising alongside precautionary inventories. The Fed’s theory inflation “lag theory” doesn’t explain this.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday said she will not be bullied into resigning from the board of the nation’s central bank over allegations of mortgage fraud.
By the time Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell climbs the stage at Jackson Hole this Friday, the familiar choreography will be missing one element: consensus.
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.
