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Bernanke, Yellen: Trump’s Fed pressure could fuel inflation
Former Federal Reserve Chairs Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen condemned President Trump’s pressure campaign against its current ...
Fed's rate-cut delay intact as inflation fears override Trump pressure
The case for a U.S. interest rate cut remains unresolved as Federal Reserve officials head into their policy meeting later ...
Fed's inflation fears start to be realized with June CPI increase
Rising prices across an array of goods from coffee to audio equipment to home furnishings pulled inflation higher.
Hotter Inflation In June Will Likely Keep Fed Monetary Policy Steady For The Near Term
What is clear is that the current 4.33% median Fed funds target rate remains well above the inflation trend. Even after the ...
Fed’s Williams says tariffs are pushing up inflation, and he expects even higher prices in coming months
Higher tariffs put in place by the Trump White House this year have started to increase inflation, and these effects are ...
Fed’s Kugler Says Tariff-Driven Inflation Should Leave the Fed on Pause
Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler said the Fed should hold interest rates steady for a while to come, because new trade ...
Fed's Nightmare: CPI Inflation In Services Reheats (Not Tariffed), While Inflation In Durable Goods, Apparel And Footwear (Tariffed) Remains Cool
While pundits looked with their magnifying glasses for tariffs in consumer goods prices, it was in services, which are not ...
Why won’t the Fed cut rates in July? Its favorite inflation gauge is telling it not to.
The inflation gauge the Federal Reserve relies on most to decide whether to raise or lower U.S. interest rates is likely to ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent bashes Fed 'fear mongering' over tariffs and says central bank should be reviewed
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent weighed in on the latest Fed drama, pointing to the "fear-mongering" around tariffs and ...
Powell under siege as Fed conference kicks off
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is facing pressure from all sides as the Fed’s banking regulation conference kicks off ...
WSJ’s Take On the Week Podcast: Fed’s Goolsbee Talks Tariffs, Inflation and AI
Austan Goolsbee joined co-hosts Gunjan Banerji and Telis Demos to discuss the economy, inflation, tariffs, trade wars and the Federal Reserve's approach to monetary policy. The Chicago Fed president ...
A weak housing market could deliver rate cuts and rescue the Fed from Trump
"Toward the end of the year, the housing market may become a bigger deal for inflation than tariffs," Comerica Bank chief ...