Powell’s Fed is backed into a bit of a corner. Its dual mandate is low unemployment and inflation, two often competing goals.

The stock market tumbled Monday as Wall Street grapples with ongoing tariff uncertainty and President Trump's attacks on ...

The White House has confirmed Trump is exploring whether he can fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell—something that could ...

U.S. stock indexes closed up yesterday following news that the Trump administration would compromise on some aspects of its ...

U.S. markets are poised to open with big gains, a clear signs of relief after President Donald Trump said he would not ...

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With the stock market in all-out rally mode for the first time since President Trump's tariff announcements, key updates on ...

We recently published an article titled What Happened After Jim Cramer Talked About These 13 Stocks. In this article, we are ...

President Trump called Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell a “major loser” on social media and pressed him to lower ...

A relatively calm day on the stock market turned turbulent after Jerome Powell made clear the Federal Reserve remains on war-footing against inflation, even if that means risk assets suffer. It was a ...

The Fed’s monetary policy switched dovish last ... to raise consumer prices or reduce profits. Job market uncertainty is equally concerning. The unemployment rate has slowly moved back to ...