That seems to be at least part of the calculus for President-elect Donald Trump, who revived his war of words with the Federal Reserve as he called for less restrictive monetary policy at a Tuesday press conference in Mar-a-Lago.

United States Federal Reserve officials said that the strong economy toward the end of 2024 and inflation staying above its “2% target” may mean the economy “needs neither restriction nor support.”

Ahead of Donald Trump taking office, Federal Reserve's top banking regulator has resigned from his role as vice chair of supervision.

Michael Barr’s sudden decision to step down as the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision has just confirmed what everyone already saw coming: a full-blown clash between Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve.

The potential next head of a U.S. banking regulator laid out a sweeping plan on Friday to adopt a lighter touch on the banking industry on matters ranging from capital to cryptocurrency.

Michael Barr, the vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, said he will leave his post in February, giving President Donald Trump a chance to fill one of the top positions on the powerful central bank.

Thursday's edition of Forbes Daily covers updates on California wildfires, Anthropic's new funding, most profitable sports teams, Eric Schmidt's AI project and more.

The Fed’s top bank cop, Michael Barr, is stepping down early to avoid a legal battle with Trump. If the Federal Reserve is politicized and weakened, the winners will be large financial institutions and the losers will be all of us. Unfortunately, that’s already happening before President-elect Donald Trump is even sworn in.

Donald Trump tariff plans and Fed policies raise questions on their impact on global trade, inflation, and the cryptocurrency market in 2025.

U.S. inflation data in the coming week could test the nerves of stock investors and further inflame worries about rising Treasury yields and uncertainty over Donald Trump's policy plans. After back-to-back standout years,

The economy created 256,000 jobs in December, much stronger than what was predicted by Wall Street experts and more than 40,000 from the previous month, the Labor Department in its report released on Friday.