For much of the past 17 years the Federal Reserve has been the central player in U.S. economic policy, throwing ...

Can Trump move on with the strong economy and the strong stock market to build a solid economic future for the United States?

Trump has been given permission by the voters to transform the federal government — and faces a similar challenge to ...

The U.S. banking system’s $3.3 trillion cash raises concerns over inflation. Read why policies may lead to new inflationary ...

Societies get what they incentivize. Moral hazards — incentives for perverse, risky behaviors — are now sown throughout ...

FEDERAL Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, whose views are often a bellwether for US monetary policy, said on Monday that with inflation still forecast to fall to 2 per cent he is inclined “at ...

A new bill with bipartisan support would commission studies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking and ...

Federal Reserve officials signal cautious path for rate cuts amid still-high inflation. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and ...

Live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.

Unemployment has been steady for months as inflation has fallen, but the Reserve believes the job market is still too strong.

John H. Cochrane and Amit Seru of the Hoover Institution think the hyperactive Fed has become too ambitious in its interventions in the economy and social policy. Their proposal is the title of their ...