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Fed Gov. Waller Makes the Case for Cutting Interest Rates in 2 Weeks
The speech comes as President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on the Fed to lower borrowing costs. Trump has repeatedly ...
Average long-term US mortgage rate rises to 6.75%, second straight uptick
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, ...
Why the White House is attacking Jerome Powell over the ‘Taj Mahal on the National Mall’
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is under fire from the White House, which accuses him of bungling a renovation of the Fed's HQ and ...
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Fact Check Team: What’s holding up Fed interest rate cuts?
WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump is once again putting public pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling for interest rate cuts amid signs of a cooling labor market. But while ...
The Biggest Questions in the Powell-Trump Saga
President Trump asked Republican lawmakers this week whether he should fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom he ...
Powell shares what it would take for him to leave the Fed, book reveals
An excerpt from "Trillion Dollar Triage" details Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s measured public responses – and more candid private reactions – to Trump’s ongoing threats to fire him.
Inflation Won’t Lead to Rate Cuts but a Weakening Economy Just Might
President Donald Trump may ultimately get his wish for lower interest rates, but it isn’t likely to be the result of his ...