Browsing: monetary policy
With Congress just passing the federal budget, lawmakers will have an opportunity to tackle long-term financial challenges outside of crisis…
Clues into Trump’s next moves as president on Medicare, Social Security, the Affordable Care Act and more
Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration. The former president and now president-elect often skipped over details…
Top Fed official says he’s open to a rate cut in September because the central bank can’t ‘afford to be late’
Inflation is cooling and at least one Federal Reserve official said he is “open” to rate cuts at the central…
Vice President Kamala Harris said she would respect the Federal Reserve’s independence, seeking to draw a contrast with her 2024…
There’s a ‘very low probability’ Trump or Harris will reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair, political strategist says
Kamala Harris voted against Jerome Powell’s confirmation as Federal Reserve chair in 2018 when she was in the Senate, siding…
It really might be different this time as the Fed puzzles over why high rates aren’t hitting the economy harder
More than two years into the most aggressive Federal Reserve monetary tightening in four decades, the big surprise is that…
We’re about to get central bank rate cuts soon—but not from the Federal Reserve: Here’s who is expected to ease in the coming week
The European Central Bank could open the door to a weaker euro on Thursday as its first interest-rate cut of…