Consumers and traders are waiting to learn if the Fed’s pause is a one-meeting hold or the start of a longer stretch.

Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, with Powell offering little on inflation or employment amid uncertainty over Trump's economic policies.

Policymakers left their benchmark rate unchanged amid signs that the economy is humming along, defying the president’s tradition-bucking pressure on the central bank.

The president bashed Jerome Powell on inflation less than two hours after the Fed chair announced interest rates would stay put. As Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan may attest, Trump’s timing is not coincidental.

The Federal Reserve kicked off its second Trump era right where it left off: Doing exactly what it wanted to do, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demands that it lower rates.

In an address to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, delivered via video link Thursday, President Donald Trump revisited his displeasure with the policy direction of the U.S. Federal Reserve that surfaced during his first term in spite of having appointed the leader of the monetary body.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its January meeting following three consecutive rate cuts amid uncertainty over inflation and economic conditions.

On Thursday, the European Central Bank decided to lower interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. This action is justified by the expected achievement of the inflation target at 2 percent. After the announcement,

The Federal Reserve kicked off its second Trump era right where it left off: Doing exactly what it wanted to do, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demands that it lower rates.

The meeting went as expected, with no changes to interest rates. But the S&P 500 broad index of large cap stocks declined on the news, sank 0.7% immediately after the news before rebounding to down 0.

The best indicator of monetary policy’s impact on the broader economy is what you see when “looking out the window,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told a room full of reporters following the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) January 28-29 meeting.