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Asian markets mostly up as Trump soothes Fed fears
Asian markets were mixed on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he had "no intention" of firing the US central bank ...
Salisbury Post3h
You decide: Who controls the Federal Reserve?
By Dr. Mike Walden One of my favorite topics, both when I was teaching at NCSU and now as I continue to speak to various groups, is the Federal Reserve. To me, the Federal Reserve —usually simply ...
Asia shares trade mixed as uncertainty persists over Trump's tariff plans
Asian shares are trading mixed, as worries crept back following a Wall Street rally that came after President Donald Trump ...
The Raw Story6h
'Fed up': CNN reporter 'alarmed' as FEMA sheds 20% of staff facing MAGA attacks
Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in ...
Wall Street rises and markets rally worldwide as Trump softens his tough talk on tariffs and the Fed
Most legal scholars agree that Trump can’t fire Powell from the Fed’s board of governors, and there is no legal precedent for ...
Gold Rises After a More Conciliatory Trump Spurs Steep Decline
Gold gained after its steepest decline in five months that was driven by President Donald Trump’s more conciliatory comments ...
Relief rally stutters as markets take stock of Trump's U-turns
Stocks drifted on Thursday and a rebound in the dollar lost traction as investors tried to sift through the noise from the ...
Fed's Hammack sees more runway for Fed balance sheet cuts
Conditions still support ongoing reductions in the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said ...
Trump was warned of empty shelves and financial turmoil from tariffs and firing Powell. His U-turn pushed stocks higher
President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caused alarm among some of his top advisers, ...
Trump renews line of attack on Jerome Powell: ‘I might call him’
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has kept interest rates too high and that he might call the central bank chief.
Why Fed independence matters, according to economist Jason Furman
Jason Furman, former top economic adviser to President Obama and now at Harvard University, says the Fed's independence is important. "No president is going to do a good job at setting interest rates, ...