Economists have long preferred independent central banks because they can more easily take unpopular steps to fight inflation.

President Donald Trump’s search for a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is picking up speed, and the list of ...

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said the surprising jump in producer-price inflation in July was a "dangerous data ...

“We’ve had some inflation reports that came in milder than we expected, and I was feeling good,” Goolsbee said Thursday in an ...

The economic dilemma comes on top of an extraordinary, high-pressure political situation the Fed chair faces, as Trump relentlessly demands lower rates.

The Fed by design feeds the political machine in DC by concealing the costs of government spending. The Fed serves the ...

Here are three investment principles to keep in mind. Principle 1: Where the market goes, nobody knows Coming into the year, how many pundits talked about AI out of China challenging US tech stocks?

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage held steady this week at its lowest level in nearly 10 months, an encouraging ...

Flight attendants at both regional and legacy airlines say they're frustrated by what they call low wages and long-standing ...

Follow live coverage and analysis of the Fed chairman's remarks at the Kansas City Fed's annual economic symposium in Jackson ...

The Fed chair will speak Friday at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The speech comes as the central bank is ...

“They’re one of the key signs we have a weakening job market,” said Andrew Stettner at The Century Foundation. “More people ...