Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect ...

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 my previous post, I explained how the real-bills doctrine originally espoused by Adam Smith was later misunderstood and misapplied as a policy guide for central banking, not, as Smith understood it ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will likely serve the remainder of his term under the Trump administration through May 2026. AFP via Getty Images The plaintiffs allege that the Fed has been ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should stay independent, Trump's pick to be U.S. Treasury Secretary told a Senate panel on Thursday. "I think on monetary policy decisions, the FOMC should ...

Many people today are unfamiliar with the term “Great Depression” and the profound significance it holds in global history. The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s, was ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The Federal Reserve concluded 2024 with a quarter-point interest rate cut, bringing the target federal funds rate down to a range of ...

Fixed income markets anticipate that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in 2025, but not by much. Short-term interest rates are expected to end 2025 close to 4%. That’s down from the ...

For instance, the Federal Reserve didn't even exist in 1878 or ... bull market in the S&P 500 dating back to the start of the Great Depression in September 1929. According to Bespoke's ...

US M2 Money Supply data by YCharts. Based on data reported monthly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, M2 clocked in at $21.448 trillion in November 2024, which is down from ...