Fed should be ready to cut rates again amid job market risks, Bowman says

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said ​on Friday a fragile job market that could weaken quickly ...

Powell Investigation Upends Final Stretch of Fed Chair Contest

President Trump wants a loyalist. Senators want independence. The backlash to a Justice Department probe highlights how those ...

Fed's Barr: DOJ probe is 'an assault on the independence of the Fed'

Federal Reserve governor Michael Barr said Thursday the Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the central bank — as well ...

Poker-faced Powell may have ace up sleeve to stymie Trump's Fed shakeup

Though his ​term as Federal Reserve chief ends in May, Jerome Powell's separate seat on the Fed's Board of Governors does not ...

Hassett’s Fed Chair Odds Drop in Prediction Markets, Warsh’s Surge

Kevin Hassett’s chances of being selected as the next Federal Reserve chairman are plunging across prediction markets Friday ...

Inflation held firm in December, testing Fed amid DOJ probe into Powell

Inflation held steady in December, continuing to prove stubborn just days after reports of a Department of Justice probe into ...

Republicans are speaking out on behalf of the Fed. Not Banking Chair Tim Scott.

The South Carolina Republican has not weighed in on the central bank’s independence after a hearing he led comes under DOJ ...

Fed’s Bowman sees risks to job market, says Fed 'should be ready' to cut rates

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said Friday that the central bank should be ready to cut interest ...

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq wobble as Trump wavers on Kevin Hassett as next Fed chair

Stocks gave up earlier gains after President Trump expressed fresh reluctance to name Kevin Hassett as the next Fed chair, ...