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'Water's right under the building': Trump's ignorance takes center stage, believes the Federal Reserve is located on the Potomac River

During his remarks at the Kennedy Center several months ago in August, Donald Trump falsely claimed that the Federal ...

Fed likely to lower borrowing costs this week, but follow-up rate cuts face longer odds

The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell’s ability to corral ...

This Isn’t the First Time the Fed Has Struggled for Independence

The Trump administration is threatening the Fed’s autonomy, which the central bank regained with the Treasury-Fed accord in ...

Federal Reserve meeting: What are the markets telling us?

Fed watchers judge that interest rates, held at restrictive levels in over two decades, no longer align with an economy that ...
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Fed cuts key interest rate, signals two more this year

The Fed cut its key rate to 4.1% and signaled two more cuts this year. Powell kept unity on the committee, with only one Trump appointee dissenting. Weak hiring, rising jobless claims, and stubborn ...