WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from GOP senators who fear ...

The Federal Reserve was designed to resist short-run political pressure, but it may be defenseless against patient efforts to undermine its independence.

The Treasury secretary also stated his preference that Powell step down from the Fed entirely when his term ends. “Traditionally, the Fed chair also steps down as a governor." ...

US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is mulling resignation as pressure mounts for scrutiny into whether he was truthful to ...

President Trump’s increasingly sharp attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell show how the president has few good options to get the monetary policy he wants without making a more ...

President Donald Trump has frequently voiced dissatisfaction with the Fed’s “wait-and-see" approach to lowering interest rates under Powell.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday stuck to his position that the central bank will keep its key rate on hold while it waits to see how President Donald Trump’s tariffs effect the ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ramped up his war of words with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, blaming the commander-in-chief’s tariffs for holding up interest rate cuts. Powell told a ...

The Federal Reserve would have cut interest rates by now if President Donald Trump's tariffs weren't so substantial, central bank chief Jerome Powell said Tuesday. Trump’s ever-changing tariff ...

As Trump ramps up attacks on the Federal Reserve, Chair Powell refuses to change course Powell repeated his view Tuesday that U.S. inflation is likely to pick up later this summer, though he ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was noncommittal about cutting interest rates at the central bank's next monetary policy meeting in July, saying future actions will depend on incoming data. His ...