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Bessent leads broad search for Fed chair that includes Bullard, Sumerlin

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is leading a search for a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with an ...

Pressure mounts on Jerome Powell as economist Mohamed El-Erian adds his voice to calls for the Fed chair to step down

Amid this pressure, Mohamed El-Erian is calling on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to call it quits — becoming one of the ...

‘Give me a break’: Trump says he hired Fed chair Powell as a ‘favor’ after CNBC host presses him on labor bureau firing

Trump defended his recent decision to fire head of BLS while distancing himself from his past decision to hire Fed chair ...

Fed's Powell has 'utmost integrity', says Bank of England's Bailey

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is a man of "utmost integrity", Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said, ...

'Worst Fed chair in history’: WH trade adviser Peter Navarro calls on Jerome Powell to resign

Senior counselor to the president Peter Navarro joins Meet the Press NOW to explain President Trump’s decision to fire the ...

Fed holds interest rates steady, Chair Powell says Fed independence 'very important'

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump made an unusual visit to ...

Have we seen Powell's last rate cut as Fed chair?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made it clear on Wednesday that the resilient U.S. labor market is currently the primary ...

Waiting for a Fed rate cut? Chair Powell offered few signals of one, economists say

Nothing tariffs are starting to push up prices, Powell said the Fed is already “looking through” goods inflation by not ...

Trump made his MAGA Fed pick. His next choice will be far more consequential

President Donald Trump recently nominated one of his economic advisers to the Federal Reserve’s top ranks, but his next ...