Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the monetary independence of the Federal Reserve after getting caught in the ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is facing pressure from all sides as the Fed’s banking regulation conference kicks off ...

The Trump administration has seized on the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its building in what legal experts say could be ...

In a CNBC interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested for a review of the Federal Reserve that would go beyond the ...

Until our central bank changes the way it operates, fights between the Fed and the White House will ever be with us.

Lawyers for Harvard will present oral arguments against the Trump administration’s research funding cuts at a federal courthouse in Boston on Monday morning. Here’s what you need to know.

President Donald Trump has publicly chastised Chairman Jerome Powell, who Trump appointed in 2017, over interest rate cuts.

Kevin Hassett's Trump-era makeover is fueling questions about the independence of the Federal Reserve as he emerges as a leading contender to succeed Jerome H. Powell as chair.

If investors start to worry the Fed is no longer independent, fewer may buy U.S. bonds, which would push up the interest rate ...

Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for ...

It isn’t just the U.S. Other countries have also come to expect an independent U.S. central bank.

The Fed has long maintained independence from the White House to avoid political pressures influencing monetary policy.